I'm not sure if you can blame everything on the American way of life, but the United States are big. So, if you have a lot of people there, the percentage of stupid people is bound to be higher.
Stephen MalkmusEveryone wants to be loved, generally. If you released a record and nobody said anything, if you didn't get any feedback from people you don't know, i.e. the press, you'd be sort of upset. To me, any press is good press.
Stephen MalkmusI did some writing. I was just taking the kids to school. I did a couple things and we did some tours. It was a lot of downtime.
Stephen MalkmusThat's why you go to a nice studio. You can get a magic take. You don't really have to do anything to it.
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