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The Yeah Yeah Yeahs See Themselves As Neither Pot Nor Kettle

“It just seems like there are too many mopey, whiny indie bands out there now.†— Unfortunately, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner is refusing to name names [Guardian UK]

“Drunk in the bottom of the garden, singing for hours and hours and hours ‘til everybody left and I was still there singing.†—PJ Harvey on the time she first met John Parish [Guardian UK]

“I’m interested in people like that because they are exactly like novelists, who are all egomaniacs. I write about them as cautionary tales for myself.†—T.C. Boyle on why he writes about people like Frank Lloyd Wright, Alfred Kinsey, and John Harvey Kellogg [Times UK]

“I was into 90210 and maybe some Melrose Place, but I was always more of a Saved by the Bell kind of guy.†—Pete Wentz on his formative TV-watching diet [MTV]

“I do read scripts and just go ‘Ohhhh. I’m bored’ so I won’t pursue it.†—Guy Pearce on knowing when not to get involved [Contact Music]

“If you turn on American TV, there’s a huge choice of nothing you want to see and, unfortunately, I think that’s the case here now as well.†—The Wire’s Dominic West on terrible television the world over [Contact Music]

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs See Themselves As Neither Pot Nor Kettle