I found the 3rd "Quid Pro Quo" interview from 2006 (posted by Tina "Romancebuff1974") and a single quote from the 1st one (Elizabeth "starry83"), yet to be found complete:

From 'Quid Pro Quo' on L83 circa 2004:

Scotty: Fast Cars or Fast Women? 
John: Slow women


Quid Pro Quo III
7.19.2006         
        
SC: Other than being close to me, is there a specific reason you chose to record most of this album in Los Angeles?

JM: You know, it’s a feeling more than anything else. I don’t want to give you the “it’s sunny all the time!” reasoning because I don’t even love that about LA. I can’t really explain it. There’s something there I feel like mining, creatively. It’s proven to be a great idea, since about half of the record was written there in a very short period of time.

SC: I feel like when you used to visit LA, you were very back and forth on it – now that you’ve lived here on and off for more than a year, what’s your opinion? Feel free to use antithetical adjectives in your answer.

JM: My opinion is that the Buddy System rules. It’s so funny how people will debate the finer points of whether Los Angeles or New York is the ultimate city, when all the while they’re siding with the coast they have a more supportive circle of friends on.

SC: What’s it like to play the tiny surprise shows at Hotel Café? Does it remind you at all of Eddie’s?

JM: To me, the term “surprise show” is a label for the fans. I’m getting up there on stage to work out my ideas, whether it’s songwriting or just learning how to play the song on stage. It’s not a deliberate thing, putting on a “show”. I like the sparring.

SC: What are you most looking forward to about hitting the road this fall?

JM: I’m looking forward to taking another crack at staying myself on the road. It’s nearly impossible to stay completely awake in all directions, but I’m going to try again. I think I have more hobbies – actually, I never really had a hobby in the first place. I have other things I enjoy in life now and I look forward to taking advantage of traveling. And I can’t wait to play these songs, of course.

SC: Will all the tunes from Continuum show up on a setlist at one time or another on this upcoming tour?

JM: We’ll have to see. There are some things I may not want to play every night, but that’s the great part about having a substantial catalog of tunes.

SC: Are there any tunes from Continuum that you’re especially excited to play with the band?

JM: “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” is the song I think of when I visualize being on stage this year. There are some tunes this time out that can be pretty explosive if we expound on them.

SC: How do you test the idea for a song? I feel like some of these tunes started two years ago and others came in during the last weeks of recording. What makes a song a touchdown for you?

JM: The song’s got to have a heart. Most of the time the heart of a tune comes all in one night, and in some cases, you have to continually chip away at your idea. But as I continue to write songs I get more in touch with the heart and soul of a song. If it’s a clever idea but it doesn’t have a root in something soulful, It doesn’t engage me.

SC: What is the message behind “Waiting on the World to Change?”

JM: It’s an observation as to why my generation isn’t taking to the streets the way that our parents’ did. There’s this very stifling feeling that many people I speak to have, that we just don’t know enough to enter the debate so we’ll sit it out. Not understanding an issue is a really hard thing to cop to, and it breeds silence. What I realized is that feeling is actually the intended result. That incomplete feeling is the only feeling there is. And hopefully by opening the dialog up about it, people will become more active about changing things in the world, not less. “It’s not that we don’t care, we just know that the fight ain’t fair” kind of sums it up.

SC: Why did you pick “Bold As Love” as a cover to put on the album?

JM: I think record 3 is a good place to share your take on a cover song if you want to. There’s enough trust in me as a writer, I hope, that people won’t see it as an excuse not to have to write another song. I think I’m at the right place in my career. And Bold as Love is such an important song to me, for lots of reasons. I hope I did some justice to the song.

SC: Do you plan to keep up the designing bit you’ve sort of previewed to people through myspace? Do you have any other cool things up your sleeve that we’ll see on tour?

JM: I love graphic design and I’ve spent a good amount of time trying to get better at it. I’ve designed a lot of the visuals that have been associated with my music in the past, but I’ve shied away from people knowing about it. I want to embrace it now and make designing a real side project. There will be some cool limited edition items coming out on tour and on the web. Some of it will be super small runs, some larger. If people want to buy your tee shirts, I say have some fun with it and make it mean something.

SC: What records have you been listening to lately?

JM: This new record by Maxell called “CDR”. They’re this band that lets you record over their music. I think that’s pretty cool of them. I’ve just been listening to soul music, mostly. Studying why it works and how to approach my songs in the same way.

SC: What about the Bear suit?

JM: It was hot in there and I couldn’t see more than five feet in front of me. Most people don’t know I bought a bear suit before I had a show.

SC: What website do you check first thing, every day?

JM: I check some cool blog sites, making sure there aren’t any cool new toys I have to get in on. I check eBay for a few things I’ve been searching out.

SC: Are you going to keep the blogging up on tour?

JM: It won’t be blogging per se’, but more like fragments of thoughts. I’m more willing to write every night if I don’t have to be formal with it. Just little shards of ideas. I also want to start blogging with things I like outside of playing music. If there’s a cool new release of a guitar or something, I want to comment on it. I want the web site to be a place for stuff I love as well as the music I make.

SC: How badass is The Chad?

JM: Very. He was the only person who was in the studio the entire time I was. He was in the room when I wrote many of these songs. Any writer will tell you there are few if any people in life you’re that close to. We’ve seen and heard a lot together.

SC: What do you hope people get out of Continuum above all else?

JM: Hmmm.. I guess I should be honest. I hope they get a record that will take them through the year and into the rest of their life. There’s some really deep stuff on this record that stands the test of repeated listening, and I hope people have a record they can revisit for the rest of their life.