"There’s nothing in the world that I wish more than for our role as a band or as musicians to be superfluous. I would want me to not matter anymore."

"The root of the song was the divergence of me and my girlfriend’s lives and the reality of that was that we were living 20 blocks away from one another and yet we were miles apart at the same time."

“If there’s anything that’s maybe manipulative, it’s that only I know what’s real and what’s not. And I’m sorry to the reader or the listener if they don’t get to know everything. But that’s also the shroud of mystery that you maybe should keep.”

"When you go, it’s lights out – it goes black and that’s the end of it. You don’t have to worry about it anymore. Everybody else, you’re witnessing it and have to go through it. You feel that separation. Your death is the only time you don’t have to feel that separation."

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"When I was in those dark places, there was no creativity, there was no inspiration, there was no music. The only times I’ve ever been able to create were during periods where I wasn’t using and abusing."

"These fucking billionaires trying to build rocket ships when they’ve got enough money that everybody could eat. Why would we feed everybody when we could build a rocket ship? And all the rich people can live in some app. Yippee. Get the fuck out of here with that shit."

"I wouldn’t say it’s an escape as much as an antidote to the poison. I feel—and not just in the States—that there seems to be this wave of division and of keeping the outsiders out. I wanted to make something that encouraged or presented the opposite sort of feeling, something that felt more like an embrace, something that was opening the door rather than shutting it."

"I think somehow we just needed that time apart to come back together again. "

"It’s really hard to make a living in Brazil from just playing music, but if we can continue to make people feel stuff with ours, I’d like to do that for my entire life."

"The moment people started discussing politics with me I’d have a playlist of songs that I love – relaxing and beautiful melodies – and I’d put those headphones in and turn it up."