this might explain why a lot of their songs don't seem to make sense...
Pitchfork: Aside from Ben Affleck, what inspires you to write songs?
JG: [laughs] That's tough, Ben Affleck's really quite an inspiration.
Pitchfork: Well, he's so versatile...
JG: It's more his pompadour. I don't know. Generally, I'll just sit around and play guitar, and I definitely try to come up with music first, and then after I have a core idea of how I want the song to sound, I'll start forming the words. And I definitely say it's more like words than lyrics. I don't fancy myself as a poet or really articulate. But writing lyrics, I'll kind of mumble stuff when we sing, in the sound of where the words should go, and form words that would fit in there, and hopefully don't sound totally idiotic. The whole idea is to have words that don't detract from the music, but hopefully will enhance it.
this might explain why a lot of their songs don't seem to make sense...
Pitchfork: Aside from Ben Affleck, what inspires you to write songs?
JG: [laughs] That's tough, Ben Affleck's really quite an inspiration.
Pitchfork: Well, he's so versatile...
JG: It's more his pompadour. I don't know. Generally, I'll just sit around and play guitar, and I definitely try to come up with music first, and then after I have a core idea of how I want the song to sound, I'll start forming the words. And I definitely say it's more like words than lyrics. I don't fancy myself as a poet or really articulate. But writing lyrics, I'll kind of mumble stuff when we sing, in the sound of where the words should go, and form words that would fit in there, and hopefully don't sound totally idiotic. The whole idea is to have words that don't detract from the music, but hopefully will enhance it.
the rest of the interview: http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/31241/Interview_Interview_Tapes_n_Tapes