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The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.

Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about.

When there are no lyrics, people can picture what they want. It's a reflection of where they are in their lives. Music becomes a mirror.

People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words.

I've gotten to a point where I don't want lyrics to mean anything.

Lyrics have become so dumbed down nowadays. People don't want to have to think about lyrics anymore, they just want to be told something. Until these great things started happening with us, I'd really given up on reaching people like that.

I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make explicit what exactly a song or record is about.

I'm not really into the whole lyrics thing; I just like to make music that people like to listen to.

Normally, I don't like explaining songs. I don't want to kill anyone's interpretation or the story they want to make for themselves.

Lyrics can be important, but ultimately, what pulls people in on a song is melody and the tracks and the way music feels.