We're going out to play all the places where people might want to see us, because next time we might not just think about hitting every market or how we can make the most money.

Fleet Foxes will never, ever, under no circumstances, from now until the world chokes on gas fumes, sign to a major label. This includes all subsidiaries or permutations thereunder. Till we die.

The simpler songs are just done when the lyric has been stated; the more complex or band-oriented stuff can go in a million directions.

I don't really hang out with anyone. I'll hang out with my band ... but I don't have any friends aside from that.

Speaking for myself I have influenced with lots of John Coltrane, Van Morrison, Joanna Newsom, Mississippi Records compilations, Simon & Garfunkel, Duncan Browne, Judee Sill, Sublime Frequencies releases, Ali Farka Touré, John Fahey, Flower Travellin' Band, Sagittarius, Toumani Diabaté, Philip Glass, lots of different stuff.

You want to think about certain styles of music as being reflective of a certain culture or a certain time or a point of view. You don't want it to be just an intellectual exercise.

Our vocal harmonies started to feel like a cop-out: all group-singing, all the time.