"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." ...
"A lot of the new record is our reflectance on the kid's dream of rock n' roll versus the reality of it, in the experiences that we had." -- Warren Woodward
"We have a responsibility like this when people look up to you. The person you are bleeds into the music you make." -- Zach Gehring
"If I was writing the same songs at 29 that I was at 18, I would have a real problem with that -- both aesthetically and emotionally." -- Kevin Devine
"In Spain, there comes a moment when my music just can't move on... basically because there's no space or audience for my music. It's as if you have to excuse yourself for dedicating your time to making non-profitable music." -- Hyperpotamus
"We try to make our records sound like our live show." -- Jonny Bell