Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It's equally humbling and uplifting.
From Michael Stipe
Never eat broccoli when there are cameras around.
We made part of the record in Miami, and I would go down to the beach, and not 20 feet from the water I see a fish that is at least seven feet long swimming close to the shore. I did not go back in the ocean the entire month.
I think there were early critics who wanted us to change the world because the Sex Pistols failed.
Super casual music listeners. That's most of the people in the world. And you have to understand, that's why Top 40 radio exists. It's not there for people who seek out music and who love music.
They always want me to play myself and that's a big snooze.
But I think the one thing that I can say about us is that we're very consistent about certain things and part of that is our desire to do the very best work that we can and not rest on our laurels, or not allow formula to come into what we do.
My iPod that was programmed by Peter Buck. It has 7,000 songs hand-picked for me by him.
So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their music, it's wallpaper to them, it's elevator music, it's just the thing that's playing in the background that helps them through their day.
When we first started, we were a band from Athens and that was so off the map.
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