"If I could tell the world just one thing, it would be that we are all ok. And not to worry because worry is wasteful and useless in times like these."

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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