I never thought of a vaudevillian future. I thought we'd stay in our bedrooms and make one record, maybe two. So this is all a constant surprise.

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Some of the conversations in the book go on for days. Whereas I like the idea of using repetition. I've always wanted to do The Castle, but I started breaking it down and removing the language and everything changed completely. The heart of The Castle is there, but there's nothing explicit in it that's left.

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Nothing in Belle and Sebastian has been calculated, down to what we're having for lunch. It was only a few years in that we became comfortable-enough players to be able to talk about it.

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I wanted to make a record where the songs could stand up to the records we loved on the dance floor while keeping the strong and punchy melodies.

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I understand what he meant. But if he [Murdoch] hadn't given me that opportunity I wouldn't be doing what I am doing now.

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