84 Quotes by John Gourley

I feel like every album we make, that's our debut album.

When I talk to my mom and dad, and I'm in Paris, I'm like, 'Can you believe it?' It's ridiculous. I have a serious love for what we do. It's not something we take for granted.

You can never really know what a record's going to be.

I want to share music that we grew up with for this generation, the music my parents shared with me.

A country is an individual in the world that represents a group of people, so I decided we would name our band after a country, and Portugal happened to be the one that popped up.

We should be able to write songs for a new album every six months. If you think about it, it's not a crazy amount of writing.

You can't just be a rock star by rehashing things you've seen or done before. Bring something new, which is what hip-hop does best.

You can never predict a hit.

I like the challenge of writing music without being the coolest guy or band in the room.