Steven's quote from Staring At Sound:

"I wrote the first verse, then Wayne wrote the second verse. His words were much better than anything I could come up with; it was like, 'When you have a lyric-writer guy like Wayne, why bother?' Honestly, I was just so happy being in this position where I was actually contributing musical ideas that were being used. It was a mind blower, and I couldn't believe I didn't have to worry about that old joke: 'What's the last thing the drummer said before they fired him?' 'Hey, guys, I've got a new song!'"

Wayne's quote from Staring At Sound:

"Steven had the very beginning of that song: 'Hey, what were ya thinkin'/When they were startin' the show.' He was talking about a story that happened to him at a movie theater where his friends were smoking pot and got busted. We tried to make it into a more epic, symbolic thing, where he's watching the movie and the world is ending outside. We didn't even try to put drums on it."

"Chewin' The Apple Of Your Eye" was one of the first songs Steven ever wrote, as well as being one of the few Flaming Lips songs to feature his lyrical contributions.