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My parents were hippies.
I had a very modest upbringing.
But I've consistently worked for 10 years.
I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
I didn't do the typical things that young kids do.
The big things I've had are things I bought myself.
Life started getting good when I started making money.
we live; we feel; we hurt. the world makes no exceptions.
Nobody believes it, but I slept on a futon till I was 13.
Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.
I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.
Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me.
I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff.
When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.
Like, they know that I have a habit of rubbing my earlobes, I've been doing it since I was two.
My tendency is to be the guy in the back, even though I often end up being the guy in the front.
Because I'm such a studio guy, I really trust my process. I really believe in myself in the studio.
Hearing the record and seeing the response is affirming that it was the right time and right choice.
My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.
I like to challenge myself and give myself a timeline. It pushes me to be more creative and actually do these things, not just dream about them.
I have a habit of recording records very quickly - and not in a haphazardly way, not in a way where I'm not focused on details, because I'm a freak when it comes to that.
It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you end up getting people that are there because they love what you do, and that's great.
It's not easy starting a label and putting out your own records. It's required me at times to humble myself and really push and work hard to try to give this the best shot. I really want to share this with the world.
I've been producing records, and as early as my late teens, early 20s, I put out a hip-hop record and then the Ringside stuff. You know, I just feel like I want to spend these years realizing all of my ambitions. I feel like we live in an age in which you can chase your dreams with focus and a vision.
Years later, you can hear a song, and it brings you back right to that moment, what was happening at that time, whether it was a relationship or a difficult time, or maybe a great time in your life, and you had that album you were listening to. Twenty years later, you can put on that song you fell in love to or your heart was broken to, and you hear that song and it brings you right back there. I think music is the most powerful tool we have.