“Little Wooster, Ohio and gargantuan Dallas, Texas formed the municipal...” — David Berman Quote

Little Wooster, Ohio and gargantuan Dallas, Texas formed the municipal cocktail of my life up till age 18. That drab, weird little town and the glitzy big one shaped me for sure.

I guess on all Silver Jews records, it's extremely male-centric.

When I started the band, the name 'Silver Jews' had no literal meaning - it was just an abstraction.

Some nights I'm funny with the between-song commentary, some nights I'm not. I have no control over this. I pace the stage a lot and struggle with the mic stand in a ridiculous way.

If I believed in fate I'd be very curious why I picked the name Silver Jews.

Family means a lot to me as I come from a big one myself.

If you don't win the MLS Cup it doesn't matter, so we know that the big one is the MLS Cup and we'll give our all to win it.

There's no question that the next generation of terrorists, rather than going for small, little dramas, will go for the big one. They now understand that the way to get the world's attention is not strapping bombs to themselves in a pizza parlour, but to do something so horrific it gets you into the Guinness Book of World Records for terrorism.

I have a statue of Superman. It's actually a big one... It's a collectible statue of Superman, which the DC guys very kindly gave to me. So that's a little prized possession of mine.