“We aim for the hearts not the charts.”

Listen to First Aid Kit

“My wife an I, we grew up together more or less. So we are very, very close. Now that we have this little beings that we’ve created I just can’t imagine caring more about anything. And I can’t imagine worrying more about anything than I worry about them.”

Listen to Lou Barlow

“What guides all of our decisions as artists and musicians is this something that is musically and aesthetically and valid, hopefully important.”

Listen to Health

“Ich freue mich über jede Sache, für die ich mich nicht interessiere. Ich freue mich, dass ich mich nicht für Fußball interessiere. Ich freue mich, dass ich mich nicht für Autos interessiere. Ich freu mich, dass ich Vegerarier bin – weil ich im Restaurant nicht aus so vielen Gerichten auswählen muss.”

Muff Potter anhören

“If I would be alone here it would be interesting. But there would lack something. It’s like you’re on a beautiful island… alone. What’s the point?”

Listen to Phoenix

“‘Beziehung’ sagt der Neurologe. Es ist günstig, wenn das Gehirn in Beziehung ist…”

Die Goldenen Zitronen anhören

“I’m probably a little obsessed with it. I probably take it too seriously. It’s probably not completely healthy in terms of a lifestyle choice… For some reason that’s what I’m driven to do.”

Listen to David Gedge

“I happen to enjoy exploration of ideas or exploration of things in music. I was the same when I was thirteen. Really I didn’t want to enter the adult world.”

Listen to Stereolab

“It’s always been there for me. When I was a kid my dad left home when I was two. But he left his records.”

Listen to Ron Sexsmith

“Sometimes if I have a hard time crying I can put on a song that will make me cry. And then I cry about other things that I need to cry about. But it’s just the catalyst.”

Listen to Maria Taylor