Ira Kaplan Quotes

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

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

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#3. 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.

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#4. 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.

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#5. 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.

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

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#7. I remember being in college and taking a class on classical music and getting a big laugh when I said very sincerely that I was not really into trained voices. Some of the greatest singers can transcend their technical perfection and still sound great.

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

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

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