44 Quotes by Patrick Carney

Rock n' roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world.

The best way to catch my attention is to throw a Twinkie near my face.

The Midwest breeds funny, eccentric people, to varying degrees. You play shows not because you're expecting to get a record deal, but to do something fun outside of mowing lawns. Everything else is just gravy... Or mustard.

Well, you know what? The same people that get driven crazy by hip hop are the same people that probably listen to the type of music that drives me crazy. Like, Journey covers.

I had this fascination with four-track recorders when I was in high school.

I think the best post-breakup album is The Strokes' first album. It's just fun.

I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.

And once the music is out there, when you're selling a record and selling music and people are going to do whatever they want with it, it's kind of hard to resist certain opportunities, especially in the record market now.