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The blues needs to be everything to you, otherwise it's not going to come across. That's what I think.
I've been the same all along. I talk when I feel like it and I shut up when I don't feel like talking.
You can actually see God, and Hear Him, play with Him. It might sound crazy, but He is actually there.
Still, the music was always there, and the lyrical capability was always threatening to show its head.
I would have hated to been locked into music for the last 20 years and not been able to have a family.
Well, I'm half Italian, so last year on Warped Tour I got this really good tan and I was like, bummer.
To me, nothing feels more like being dead than being in your 20s and having no direction in your life.
The goal of the work is always for it to come across as original material, as transformative material.
I don't even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.
I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
There's definitely a solitary aspect to not having a band, and there are times when I wish that I did.
I mean, out of every five shows we do, there's somebody saying Hank Sr.'s rolling around in his grave.
I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose.
For me growing up, I had a Christian upbringing, and I just noticed this Catholic influence in school.
I hate nightclubs, and I get fed up very quickly in crowded rooms. I enjoy being around people I know.
The myth of fame and the myth of success is cultivated because it is monetisable and it is profitable.
Regardless of the sexual orientation behind a relationship, it is still a relationship and still love.
I grew up in Marin County north of San Francisco, and in the 1950s and '60s it was a natural paradise.
There have been times in my life where I was asked to do things and I didn't feel comfortable with it.
We've done enough - and made enough mistakes - to pretty well know how to guide our careers ourselves.
The papers, you know, they're always gonna just make stuff up. They think it's in the public interest.
I'm a believer that the more I'm giving, the happier I am, and the more beautiful my exterior will be.
I have worn a tuxedo, but I have never covered up for respectability politics or to shame other women.
I think I'm just really sensitive to the world. I really feel like I spend a lot of time "turned off".
Play as much as you can. That's what I had to do because of my inexperience. And don't get frustrated.
The dollar bill is God in the States. All those Pelican people just believe in money and nothing else.
Your people I do not understand, so to you I shall put an end, and you'll never hear surf music again.
That is definitely the heart and soul of Rise Against — that passion to inspire change for the better.
Forest Hills was a middle-class neighborhood filled with snobby rich people and their screaming brats.
Everyone should be encouraged...in spiration and artistic freedom is the cornerstone of rock and roll.
There's room at the top they are telling you still, but first you must learn how to smile as you kill.
I am going into an unknown future, but I'm still all here, and still while there's life, there's hope.
I don't believe in Elvis I don't believe in Zimmerman I don't believe in Beatles I just believe in me.
Free all the prisoners everywhere, all they want is truth and justice, all they need is love and care.
Don't look for someone who will solve all your problems; look for someone who will face them with you.
The land of litigation, the courts are like game shows. Take what's behind the curtain the jury cries.
In this world, where everything happens so fast, it's hard to sit back, take the time and contemplate.
My growth as an artist and a person has been so slow and gradual, it's hard to make a story out of it.
Hey Belieber, never lower your head to anyone who criticizes you, your crown can not drop my princess.
Now that I'm on top, everyone wants to bring me down. Everyone's trying to tug at me and take my spot.
I don't like it when a girl trys to hard and puts loads of makeup on. You gotta show some of yourself.
When you are following me on Twitter, you are literally following my life. I think that's pretty cool.
u should not be afraid of doing what ur mind tells you 2 do...just listen 2 ur heart...never say never
As I get into it more, I want to grow as an artist, as an entertainer, and basically perfect my craft.
Since I loved underground music, I tried to carve a space for feminism within it. Those were my hopes.
People have always had these weird things about how you have to be really good looking to be a singer.
You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
I look at is as one single entity. I dehumanize the audience. This way, I don't get nervous, you know?
We are, you know, not perfect. We live every day day-by-day, and we do the best to make our mom proud.
I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years.