Ian Williams Quotes

"I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning."

"I think when I began, I played distortion more than the guitar. The results of my strumming. Now I play the twang of the string, which is a lot closer to the source of the sound making."

"I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a 'mature' record means."

"I think one of the most boring things is a person's taste."

"Now and then, I had moments of greatness, but I never knew how to duplicate it consistently."

"We made happy sounds because we were upset... just trying to make a positive situation out of a negative one."

"There is something magical about three you know - a trio is tight and nicely economical."

"I definitely like the mystery of not knowing how things will turn out, you know."

"We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off."

"I'm too tasteful for my pants."

"This is fun; consuming our music shouldn't be a responsibility like eating your spinach or something."

"A lot of people on the internet have been saying that there's no way we can pull off a musical in three acts. We just take that as a challenge."

"I don't think our music has much to do with math rock."

"Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect."