"I mean people have compared us to like the Grateful Dead and all these like psychedelic sixties bands."

-- Jon Fishman

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“There are times when I will dress up, like tonight for the premiere, but there are times when it doesn't matter. It's not that I think it's fake, but I'm not going to go out of my way to be something that I'm not.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more; Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate's: Souls know no conquerors.”
“The effective in art is what rapes the emotions of your audience without nourishing its values.”
“P.J. O'Rourke says that conservatives really hate government and every couple of years we put them in charge and then we're reminded how much we really hate government. We're not always necessarily great at the task of running government. We're the anti-government party. It actually makes some sense we're not so good at that. But you got to have basic competence in how you run the government, even in how you reduce its effectiveness in people's lives.”
“For me, it's very childish to tour on a train. And I think that's a powerful quality, to inspire childishness.”

Source : "On the Train with Mumford & Edward Sharpe Tour". Interview with Barry Walters, www.spin.com. April 27, 2011.
“I think being central to the culture is overrated. Who really gives a damn if something is popular? Jay-Z isn't actually any better than James Joyce even though more people understand him.”
“From this moment forward…I stop the blame game and excuses. I am responsible for my life and for where I am today. I cannot blame the people and circumstances in my past, and I refuse to hide behind my past mistakes.”
“The painter thinks in terms of form and color. The goal is not to be concerned with the reconstitution of an anecdotal fact, but with constitution of a pictorial fact.”

Source : "Artists on Art: from the XIV to the XX Century". Book by Robert Goldwater and Marco Treves, p. 423, 1972.

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