Britt Daniel quotes:

I'd always listened to my parents' Bee Gees albums.

It doesn't matter what age you are, an effective song will move you.

I remember learning how to play 'The Fool On The Hill' on piano when I was in maybe fifth grade.

The Futurists were an art movement in the early 20th century which basically glorified machines and the Industrial Revolution.

I love playing bass. It's mostly what I play in Divine Fits.

I was 16 when I started playing. I borrowed a friend's acoustic guitar, and I had a Beatles chord book. I just taught myself that way.

I get to focus on being a musician sometimes, and I get to focus on being a vocalist sometimes.

When we're recording, I always dress up.

I wish records got made faster and looser with less thought in them, but since touring is so much more profitable than records, you spend so much time on the road that it's hard to work on them. And the records get further and further apart.

I like sparseness. There's something about that minimalist feel that can make something have an immediate impact and make it unique. I'll probably always work with that formula; I just don't know how.

I don't like when a song goes from one mood to another unless it's going to be out of sight.

I'm into it, I'm into MP3's; I think there's no way you're ever going to be able to legislate people having to buy a record in order to listen to it. You have to look at it as a means of promotion, and if the music is good enough, promotion is a good thing.

I always thought of indie-rock as being rock music by bands that were on independent labels, and that's a great thing.

I just don't think you can make records easily and have them be great. It's a process. You've got to get really lucky all the time, or you've got to work like mad.