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I certainly don't want to be a record label guy.
File sharing is our radio; that's the way people hear our stuff.
I think there's always a call for people who are bucking the norm.
When we're onstage, it's like mind reading: we're on the same page.
The guitar gives you a lot of space to cover for yourself, but there's not a lot of room for that on piano.
I really think of the studio as being like craftsmanship time, and then playing is about releasing energy, and the two are really different.
I would always rather be working on the band. All that other stuff is stuff I really enjoy doing, but I don't consider it... like, I don't want to be a producer. I don't consider that as my life's goal.
I think there's always a call for people who are bucking the norm. But I don't expect it to happen now because I think that more than ever the entertainment industry is trying to serve as a distraction, to keep people from thinking too hard.
I've never recognized 'emo' as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever. I know there is this generic commonplace that every band that gets labeled with that term hates it. They feel scandalized by it. But honestly, I just thought that all the bands I played in were punk rock bands. The reason I think it's so stupid is that - what, like the Bad Brains weren't emotional? What - they were robots or something? It just doesn't make any sense to me.