People say I seem very negative about new music - well, if somebody asks me what I think of Keane, I'll tell 'em. I don't like 'em. I'll obviously take it a step too far and grossly insult the keyboard player's mam or summat, but I'm afraid that's just me.
If it were bad songs, yeah, I'd speak up, but they're not bad songs.
I know music is subjective.
I'm not really a big musical fan. I enjoyed 'West Side Story' when it came out, but it gets a bit tired in the end.
I just can't stand jazz/rock. I think it's the worst thing that's come down the river yet.
If some band sucks, you're going to have to find out about it for yourself, because I don't have the interest in issuing warnings.
I have nothing to say about the music of others because it's a matter of taste.
The thing is, I make music I like. So it's just weird if someone says they don't like it.
Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.
I think all recent music sucks, and that includes Type O Negative.
I have a horror of sentimentality, and I cannot forget that its name is Saint-Saëns.
I think a lot of the stuff I'm playing now is crap.
Not everybody loves the way I play.
It was always kind of sad when your favorite punk rockers, like Jello Biafra or someone, would say they hate something you like. It was, 'Oh, I thought we were on the same page.'
Lots of people say to me, 'I completely hate Busted'. That's completely cool with me. I understand why.
I think today's music absolutely stinks. I really do mean that.
No... I don't like Slayer.
There aren't reasons why you like this song or this piece of music, or don't like it. It's just, it's either right or wrong, you know?
You can't listen to what people who aren't musical have to say. When Anytime was released, I had bad reviews, and at first I was hurt. Your songs are like your children. You don't want to hear, 'Your kid is ugly.' But I knew the record was good and it would sell.
Having played with other musicians, I don't even think The Beatles were that good.
You might have a favorite band and really dislike one of the records. That's fine.
The music speaks for itself. You either like it or you don't, or you're somewhere in between. That doesn't change whether I'm in the band or not.
I don't really hate a lot of songs, but I think Weezer has put out some songs I really hate because they've also put out a lot of songs I really like.
I remember talking about a Mozart song during a music class at school, and I said, 'I wouldn't have done it like that.' I didn't like the way the chords moved. And my teacher told me to get out.
Oberst is one of those musicians that some people hate in a visceral, biological way.
