“Panging is the kind of sharp pain you feel inside when you're reminded...” — Caroline Polachek Quote

“Panging is the kind of sharp pain you feel inside when you're reminded of some kind of unattended need or something that you've neglected.”

“Low' was probably the album that influenced me more than any other, because of how it combined humor and impressive, glamorous, driving energy with this totally surreal soundscape production.”

“But I wanted the karaoke-style lyrics in our music videos for two reasons: first, cause nobody has lyric booklets anymore, and when I was growing up, lyric booklets were like little bibles. I want people to be able to access our lyrics without having to go to some gnarly website with banner ads.”

“I'll tell you something that's completely true - you can, as a man, obtain everything you want with the truth. If you lie, first of all you've got to be a very good lying actor, which is tres difficile. And it's going to give you poison inside the body.”

“When you're in prison, the progress of the outside world doesn't necessarily translate inside prison walls. You don't have any rights; it just doesn't progress along the same timeline.”

“I like to call it a 'sacred fire' when you have it inside you: the will to win every game.”