�When I first started writing these kind of songs that would eventually become Decemberists songs, I was writing them because I knew that nobody was listening at the time and that it wouldn�t hurt to challenge myself and get weirder and see if I could alienate more people,�
Colin Meloy

�I don�t feel like we�re setting ourselves up to be exclusive. I don�t want to set up an attitude where we�re telling people �You can�t listen to our music if you don�t have a college degree.�
Colin Meloy

There�s some things there that you just have to draw the line. Some people are just not going to like it. We would hope that everybody would like it.�
Colin Meloy