John Flansburgh Quotes

Worlds going to hell anyway, have a good time.

Look, up in the sky! It's the sky!

I feel like musicians have such a precarious place in the political discourse, because musicians are, sort of just by nature, people-pleasers.

It's hard to tell a shallow person that they should care more about the feelings of the awkward and the alienated.

I wrote a thirty-second song that I couldn't finish for a year.

We've been a band longer than most of the people reading this have been alive.

I don't lose a lot of sleep worrying about aliens, but I think it seems possible that there's life forms beyond our solar system.

There's so many simple things that can be done to change our carbon footprint, and to reduce our carbon footprint.

Have you heard Alanis Morisette trying to play the harmonica? She doesn't know how to play the harmonica. Well guess what, Alanis, I INVENTED the 'don't-know-how-to-play-harmonica-harmonica-solo.'

That's what I call 'Guiliani Time', my friends. 'We've got a problem. Let's kill it.'

To a lot of people, angels are a matter of faith.

It sucks to think about, honestly, but when you really consider the resources that it takes to press vinyl records, or the amount of gas that it takes to tour, it's really quite scary.

People love fact-based songs, which is a very funny idea.

All rock music is fake news.

A lot of times I'll post things on Facebook, and the immediate response will be like, "Stick to the music!"

You have to define how much of a cultural politician you are as a performer. There are times where I just want to remain a civilian.