Joey Santiago

“The quiet/loud dynamic, we didn't invent that. But we kind of perfected it for our little world.”

“I was trying to make my guitar sound ugly and beautiful at the same time.”

“Charles would bring in the songs, and I would just try to fuck them up.”

“We had this rule, 'If we can't play it, we don't play it.' So everything was really simple.”

“It's just feel. That's what I go for. I don't really know scales or anything.”

“My sound is my mistakes. I embrace them.”

“I'm the anti-guitar hero. I never wanted to be one.”

“My favorite thing is to go into the studio and see what happens.”

“You have to serve the song. The song is the king.”

“We weren't really thinking about legacy or anything. We were just trying to get to the next gig.”