Ira Kaplan Quotes

I don't think simple is an insult. Something that's really simple and great is probably harder to do than something more complex.

Sometimes things that are comfortable are comfortable because it's what you're good at. When you start doing the things you're not as comfortable with, there needs to be a reason for it.

We try to be open to letting anything change in the moment.

As the fans' voting reflected, people want to hear your best-known songs.

In the open air you don't play as many quiet songs as you would normally.

It's one of the things that makes it enjoyable to keep playing; you have to approach each set differently and make some balance between what you want to do and what seems right.

Some sports teams hate each other in the locker room and that's what makes them great.

There's an actual physiological thing that happens to me on tour. There's that moment where I sit in my seat and click the seatbelt, and five seconds later I fall asleep.

When people ask you to do stuff, it's not your idea anymore, so it's tough to get behind it.

I have grown more forgiving. I accept that not everything is for me. I'm not as in love with my own opinions as I used to be. And anger is not something that comes to me as quickly as it once did.