"Barack Obama being elected. I think about how… um… how my sons will grow up only knowing a black President. I can’t explain how that’s changed America. There’s an optimism now that wasn’t there for black people."

“A rental car in Savannah, Georgia. In the middle of touring, we had a week off. I have a problem with flying, so instead of going home, my wife came to me and we rented a car and drove around. Just pulled off on some dirt roads...”

“Now he's just signed Fall Out Boy, which means more of his attention will go to them that should have gone to The Killers.”

“He is a little genius. He's a deep soul and a spirit man. I think we've only seen the tip of the iceberg .”

“I think I always knew that I would have kids but I didn’t… understand… the… whooooo . That I could love my kids the way that I love ‘em. I didn’t know there was… room for that. You love your wife, your family, but it’s different with your kids. I didn’t know I could be so selfless. I would do anything for my kids. Anything. I guess everybody goes through it.”

“If you have seen them live, they are incredibly boring. You remember what they used to look like? Then people started comparing them to us and suddenly they got a stylist," he said. "And Brandon frosted his hair and he's buying the cute pink jacket.”

“Look at a band like the Bravery. They're signed because we're a band," Flowers said. "I've heard rumors about that band being in a different kind of band, and how do you defend that? If you say, 'My heart really belongs to what I'm doing now,' but you used to be in a ska band. I can see the Strokes play or Franz Ferdinand play and it's real, and I haven't gotten that from the Bravery. I think people will see through them.”