The National. (“Good name. Strong. Good, strong name. I like that take. A lot of people of afraid to be Americans nowadays. I’m gonna bring back the Pledge of Allegiance. Strong pledge, one of your better pledges.”)
The War On Drugs. (“Why don’t we call it what it is: a war on America. who’s selling the drugs? Is it Steve? Maybe not. Is it Pablo? Could be. We started this war. I’m a guy who finishes wars.”)
Marijuana Death Squad. (“That’s what they’re sending! Right over the border. Obama? He’s got a camera pointed at the border. He watches them run across and cheers. I’ve seen the footage of this. He cheers.”)
Ira Kaplan. (“I have one of the best relationships with the Jews ever.”)
The Walkmen. (“I owned many Walkmen. In fact, I had one of the very first models in the country. I would wear it jogging, and many people say that I was the best jogger they ever saw. Know who made the Walkman? Japanese. They were gonna eat us in the 80’s. Now it’s China. Same difference.”)
Grizzly Bear. (“Best bear. All bears considered? Best bear. Strong bear, believes in Jesus. Panda’s priceless. Grizzly: what’s he worth? Nothing. Pandas are laughing at us. That’s gonna change. Our bears are gonna be the best again.”)
Phosphorescent. (“Very tough word to spell, but I’ve never gotten it wrong. I can’t be modest about my spelling, which is excellent. Always the best in class.”)
Tunde Adebimpe. (“No. Not gonna happen. Names say a lot. Trump says “power.” What does that guy’s name say? No one else will tell you this, but it’s the only way to make America great. Tungsten has to go.”)
Fucked Up. (“That’s right, we are fucked up. I said it. I said it. Not supposed to. I said it. Country is all fucked up. Who’s gonna unfuck it? Hillary? C’mon.”)
Thoughts on the Dead 