Fab Moretti

“In music you don't punch out at the end of the day.”

“We try very hard not to be a cookie-cutter band.”

“The 'Room On Fire' tour was us parodying ourselves. It was almost comical when I look back at it. We were really living off the fruits of our hard work and self-destructing.”

“We don't have the big-band mentality. We never wanted to become a big band.”

“Every once and a while there's a point where mainstream and garage kind of cross.”

“We just try not to get big heads.”

“The number 128 is very important to me.”

“We've learned the values of not being crazy all the time and just really enjoying the endearing moments of life.”

“I think the only way for us to move forward is to take care of each other and understand each other better and become cells in a communal body that moves forward in coordination and not in aggression or tension. A lot of that has to do with giving people the chance to express themselves, but also giving people the chance to feel important.”

“I applied to come to Harvard and they didn't accept me.”

“What I find really interesting about our songs is that one part might sound completely different from another, but they fit together almost in their sort of incongruency.”

“A long, long time ago, I was in front of the 'Mona Lisa' and I heard someone saying, 'Ugh! Take your photo and go!' And it bummed me out. Shouldn't there be more of a reverent experience?”

“In my case, it's hard to be like a simple drummer who doesn't play all over the place.”

“I'd love to work with Rick Rubin. He made some pretty seminal records.”

“Two people, no matter how close, cannot be one person, ever.”

“I feel sorry that maybe there are some people out there that think our integrity is a little spoiled because we have a bigger fanbase now, but what can you do?”

“We worked really hard to get what we have.”

“We are very much fun-loving guys.”

“Part of being really objective about your trade, your music, or your art is recognizing that you might not know everything about it.”

“We understand that there is a certain protocol. You have to do press in order to continue, and we understand that. It's not like I sit at home with a picture of some press guy shooting darts at him.”