Quotes by Colin Meloy

“Meloys balladry brings to mind vaudeville, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, Sweeney Todd, the Victorian and Edwardian eras, Kurt Weill and Nick Cave, 1960s psychedelic rock pop and roaring pub sing-alongs.”

“We actually have been toying around with a theatrical element. We even had outfits that we wore on stage for the last tour. But I think when people come to see us they ultimately expect a rock show, so were pulling back on that aspect a bit. We do play in front of a backdrop, though.”

“Look at the leader of my country, he is somebody I cannot relate to at all. He is so far removed from me - politically, personally and morally.”

“Theyre like the mirror of myself - Ive got both male and female counterparts. Im really happy to be playing in a band that appeals to people who I feel I could honestly be friends with. Its a luxury, I believe, not many bands enjoy. It certainly spurs me on.”

“[Though he doesnt write political songs, Sixteen Military Wives (a track off Picaresque , the bands third and latest full-length album) does have political overtones, as seen in the humorous video clip depicting a model United Nations conference in a high school with the U.S. representative acting like a self-important bully.] Its kind of a protest song, ... My objective is to make sense of foreign policy decisions taken by the current Bush administration and showing how they resemble solipsistic bullying.”

“Its kind of a protest song. My objective is to make sense of foreign policy decisions taken by the current Bush administration and showing how they resemble solipsistic bullying.”

We are the inheritors of a wonderful world, a beautiful world, full of life and mystery, goodness and pain. But likewise are we the children of an indifferent universe. We break our own hearts imposing our moral order on what is, by nature, a wide web of chaos.

This was all in the making, a long time ago. You had as much control over these events as a leaf does in the time of its falling.

Meditation. Thats the key. Supposedly. Calming your mind ind total silence. Understanding your connection to the natural world and all that. You do that, and you can hear it. All the talking.

My dear Prue, we are the inheritors of a wonderful world, a beautiful world, full of life and mystery, goodness and pain. But likewise are we children of an indifferent universe. We break our own hearts imposing our moral order on what is, by nature, a wide web of chaos. It is a hopeless task.

It is better to live presently. By living thus, perhaps we can learn to understand the nature of this fragile coexistence we share with the world around us.

Theres as much benefit to wishing the world away as there is in demanding a bud to bloom, responded Iphigenia as she patted Prues hand gently. Its better to live presently. By living thus, perhaps we can learn to understand the nature of this fragile coexistence we share with the world around us.

First, the explosion of life. Then came the celebration. Such as it had been for generations and generations, as long as the eldest of the eldest could remember; as long as the record books had kept steady score. By the time the first buds were edging their green shoots from the dirt, the parade grounds had been cleared and the maypole had been pulled from its exile in the basement of the Mansion. The board had met and the Queen decided; all that was left was the wait. The wait for May.