“It's pretty cool that people will pay for something even though they d...” — Ezra Koenig Quote

It's pretty cool that people will pay for something even though they don't have to. It's totally different now to back in the day. Now you're paying for a record because you believe in the band. In the future that will be the only time people will pay for albums, because there's some kind of connection.

No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song.

There aren't that many people walking about who are a total class stereotype.

Sometimes you want to dress a certain way... that doesn't always reflect your pedigree.

I went to Columbia University because I knew I wanted to go to a school that was academically rigorous. I prided myself on getting good grades, but I also hated it.

I always looked up to Billie Joe because every song on Green Day's albums was catchy and good.

Who you know, 10 albums later, get better than he's ever been before? It's hard. To come from all this huge success like a 'What's Love,' and a 'Lean Back,' then take it back to the street with 'The Darkside.'

Now that I have a thousand albums in my car all the time, I listen to more music. I was too lazy; I always had the same five discs in there. I'd never think to change it.

It was weird - my parents would let me have some Green Day albums but not all Green Day albums.

I am completely attached to my roots, and therefore you will see a Pahadi touch in all my albums.