"We don't want you to only like [our music] because you're supposed to like it or you like it because it's cool. I don't want you to scratch your fucking head. It should be immediate... I think [the new album] just makes our music more effective." ...
The Satanic Satanist is a heart-warming pop effort that also relies on one's ability to connect with the softness and imagery of Gourley's lyrics. Interspersed also are more "nerdy" things -- covert as they may be -- that are inspired by...
"I think the only time I feel completely comfortable with who I am and with what I have to say is when I'm playing music." -- Tomo Nakayama
"I just want to treat the audience for my music like I'd like to be treated." -- Scott Hutchinson
"A vanity label is just a logo. You have to look at what's behind that. Who are the players on that team who are pushing the product?" -- Joe McAffrey
"What I want to have is different people to come together -- [to have] different styles and fashions to come together and feel the music itself... That's my ultimate happiness." -- Richard Spitzer
"We're not up there trying to come to your city to have church... We're trying to be a band and are expressing ourselves as artists. That's what every band does." - Mike Weiss, mewithoutYou
"Sometimes there's a stigma against a band trying to be a political band... but those are usually bands like Anti-Flag... who are stating the obvious. Maybe their hearts are in the right place, but they could say it a little more intelligently." ...
