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I did the marching band all throughout junior high and high school. Music was one of my favorite things in school.
I'm still that rowdy dude who has after-parties in his dressing room with a concert-sized PA system blasting away.
There was a time when cowboys respected their horses instead of riding them to death just to show off for a crowd.
There's a lot more responsibility at home, so a tour is like the opposite for me. It's like a breath of fresh air.
We try to write things that work on a variety of levels at the same time: A sleek exterior with a turbulent lyric.
We've been allowed to operate unmolested on the fringes of the music scene, really. That's where we enjoy it most.
My delusion outweighs my talent by far and it always will, because if it doesn't, then there's no point in living.
Everything is legit onstage. You can go crazy. I can express my anger. I can cry. Whoa, this is the coolest place!
I don't fight creativity. I don't fight against not being creative. If I'm not being creative, I'm not forcing it.
I've had the same core group of friends that I've always had. We're surfing, so that definitely keeps you grounded.
I look at my kid, and one part of me wants to keep her as my little baby. But, y'know, the bottom line is she's 18!
'Rock n' Roll Animal,' the live album, is one of the greatest live albums out there. It was a huge influence on me.
You really only understand whether a song's good or not when you properly play it out in public for the first time.
A lot of '2112' was written in the back seat of a car and in cold dressing rooms while on tour in northern Ontario.
Anything is food for starting a song. A song can start with a lyric idea or a melody or just a sound that inspires.
I feel like I have a pretty eclectic taste in music and art, so for every song I can see a different kind of video.
I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
I have for four years now been ringing the bell. Economic Holocaust is coming. Economic day of reckoning is coming.
Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.
Your mind is a your temple, keep it beautiful and free. Don't let an egg get laid in it by something you can't see.
Bob Dylan was again an entirely new person - this time old, craggy, cynical, and world-weary, as in "Not Dark Yet".
I think of rock 'n' roll as a combination of country blues and swing band music, not Chicago blues, and modern pop.
I have never made any secret of any of my thoughts or areas of interest. I've always been honest, open, and upfront
My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it's harnessing the powers of your mind
No, seriously, I really don't have much ill-will toward anyone these days; I just ignore the people that I dislike.
Good teachers realise that the students are the antenna; they are sensing things that the teachers don't yet sense.
Unions have been the only powerful and effective voice working people have ever had in the history of this country.
Most of these - most people's stage personas are created out of the flotsam and jetsam of their internal geography.
Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.
I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing.
Some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that.
I've learned to really enjoy video games. It's really toxic to have in your house, because it's really distracting.
I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres.
When the band first started, it was so much about carving out some space for myself and our audience and our songs.
I want to have a sense of openness and optimism, even if that means being open to things that are potentially dark.
There were a few 6th form girls that I got with when I was I the 6th form, they were really nice, so that was cool.
What I do doesn't sit well in the world of hipsterville. I don't have a cool card, but I also don't have thin skin.
I didn't have any expectations with 'Traveller' - I don't think anybody did. That's how I prefer the process to be.
'Cause we are each other's angels And we meet when it is time We keep each other going And we show each other signs
Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here for a short time compared to the sun and the moon and all that.
As we hang beneath the heavens, and we hover over hell, our hearts become the instruments we learn to play so well.
People who love themselves, don't hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer.
I'm always thinking 'how can I blend something?' whether it's musical instruments, voices, or the people around me.
I was no stranger to racism. Having grown up a black person in the '60s and '70s, I knew that prejudice was common.
You can never have enough guitars. It's like women and shoes... it's nice to have different paints on your palette.
We only do what feels right. If something feels forced or contrived, then we pull back. We remain the Foo Fighters.
How come drummers leave their drumsticks on the dashboard of their car? So they can park in the handicapped spaces.
You can make yourself the greatest singer in the world or the best drummer in the world with the aid of technology.
Megadeth is a legend, and I'm not gonna cheapen it like some of these bands that keep going long after they should.
I guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming and the outer layers of what I do, I'm a writer... I write.