I buy five of the same shirts. I literally have six blue shirts. Now I have six green shirts.
Patrick CarneyThe Midwest breeds funny, eccentric people, to varying degrees. You play shows not because you're expecting to get a record deal, but to do something fun outside of mowing lawns. Everything else is just gravy... Or mustard.
Patrick CarneyA lot of people see a Nissan ad and they see a finished product in a record store or on iTunes and that's the face of the band.
Patrick CarneyAnd once the music is out there, when you're selling a record and selling music and people are going to do whatever they want with it, it's kind of hard to resist certain opportunities, especially in the record market now.
Patrick Carney