The Flaming Lips : Sonic lunacy is just the start

« The problem with intense artists is they become obsessed with their own ideas. You build [a song] up in your mind to be the most important thing in the world, when it’s just a dumb ol’ song. You can’t get any perspective.

So what I like to do is fall in love with the new thing. That lets me be objective. I can hear [the tunes] without feeling like, ‘Oh, my babies! Don’t touch them.' »