Quotes from Kurt Vile

When I was 20, I moved up to Boston with my girlfriend, who's now my wife. She went to grad school, and I met a bunch of cool friends there.

If somebody else wanted to do a song for McDonald's, that's up to them. I wouldn't do something like that, but whatever.

There's so many ways you can play one chord progression that the repetition isn't ever exactly the same.

Around '93, the radio started playing 'Loser' by Beck and 'Cut Your Hair' by Pavement, and then I got way into Pavement. That was kind of a gateway drug into indie rock. I got all their B-sides, and I got that 'Hey Drag City' comp, so I got into all those Drag City bands.

I benefit from a change of scenery; it's always inspiring.

'Street Legal' is like a cult classic. It's pretty cheesy at times, but you learn to embrace it.

Australia is a wild place.

I'm not cynical, but the reality is that life is mortal. Terrible, sad things happen. Everybody loses friends and family. I'll be on tour and get really scared if my wife won't answer her phone within one minute. I'm sensitive.

The real reason I was lo-fi before was really just because that's what I could afford.

There's so many FM hits that I love. Bob Seger, there's two of his songs that I love. I would probably love more, but I don't sit around listening to Bob Seger records. It's the same thing with Tom Petty; he writes amazing hits, but it's not often that I sit around at home listening to a whole Tom Petty album.

I just try to make as much money as possible. However I can do it. With as much integrity as I can have.

I'd say the best thing the Violators and I have done is to dominate the U.S. with an arsenal of smash hits.