Colin Meloy Quotes - Page 2

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• If Broadway musicals were as popular as they were in the 20s, 30s, and 40s, then people like Sufjan Stevens and Iron & Wine would be writing for Broadway, which would be amazing. As it stands, it's the worst stuff that's mired in pop music.

  Colin Meloy

  Writing, Wine, Iron

  "The Decemberists' Colin Meloy". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. February 14, 2011.

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• I like all sorts of things, not necessarily just Victorian. Even though I tend to read a lot of Victorian novels, I like a lot of contemporary stuff.

  Colin Meloy

  Stuff, Novel, Contemporary

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• It's hard for us to talk about how we disdain file-sharing when in fact it probably has been a great resource for us.

  Colin Meloy

  Facts, Resources, Files

  "The Decemberists' Colin Meloy". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. February 14, 2011.

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• I wish I had a better range, but I really have a super-limited one. Barely a tenor, dips into baritone - that's about it.

  Colin Meloy

  Wish, Dip, Range

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Pop music has always adopted the style of marrying upbeat melodies to dour lyrics.

  Colin Meloy

  Style, Upbeat, Pops

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I think the music should definitely underscore the sentiment of the song, and it can work for or against it.

  Colin Meloy

  Song, Thinking, Should

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I was in school for literature, and read so many 19th century and early 20th century novels that it was hard to break out of that and read an average Jeanette Winterson book or something.

  Colin Meloy

  Book, School, Average

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• No-one wants to hear anything spoken in earnest anymore, unless it happens to involve unrequited, teenage love.

  Colin Meloy

  Teenage, Want, Unrequited

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