Our music may sound big emotionally, but that's more to do with the playing, the level of musicianship and the full-on energy. Often, the lyrics are often quite small and focused.
From Win Butler
Funny songs aren't usually that good. Like Weird Al and maybe a couple of Beatles songs, but it's kind of hard to bring humor into rock music in an interesting way.
I think there's some pretty amazing language in the Bible.
Whenever you're talking about meaning, basically... I think a lot of the human experience has to do with trying to understand what things mean, and there's not really any tools to do that unless you're thinking about it in a more spiritual or philosophical realm.
I found out a lot of stuff through MTV, and I didn't even have cable, I just saw it at friends' houses. But my culture in junior high was totally influenced by it.
I never really felt super-Texan. It wasn't like I was unhappy, but I wasn't superhappy.
The idea of peer critique, of talking about each other's art - I just found it so useless.
I'm not someone who can dance to a song I don't like.
The idea of dancing to bad house music is something I could never get behind.
I don't like to talk about other bands in interviews.
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