“Some of the journalists who've ended up writing about our band - and t...” — Rostam Batmanglij Quote

“Some of the journalists who've ended up writing about our band - and this is disappointing to say - have a very narrow outlook. And because of that they fundamentally misunderstand us.”

“I guess my first instrument was the recorder when I was about five or six.”

“I would hope to make a record that interacts with culture in a macro sense. That is something to aspire to.”

“No matter how well I have taken care of my body, I have been injured a few times, which is very unfortunate and which is very disappointing. But each time, I have come back, I have come back stronger, and I have come back hungrier.”

“The most disappointing thing to me after 'Tusk' was the politics in the band. They said, 'We're not going to do that again.' I felt dead in the water from that. On 'Mirage,' I was treading water, saying, 'Okay, whatever,' and taking a passive role.”