Douglas Glenn Colvin Quotes
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Progression is important. I'm always going to play music in the general vein of rock'n'roll, but when I started I was very much associated with the West Coast lo-fi thing and I didn't want to get anchored in with anything that was just in vogue for the time being.
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Billboard called my solo album, 'Standing In The Spotlight,' a great party album and even said that my raps put the Beastie Boys to shame.
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It's very hard to tour.
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I like to do what I do in my house and I love to play shows, but I don't want to have to go out and talk to a bunch of people I don't know.
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When I met Ronnie Spector, she walked in and said, 'You look like me.'
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We're playing at our level of ability.
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If somebody thinks wearing pretty dresses onstage somehow discredits us that's pretty absurd.
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We didn't do an American tour because it I know it wouldn't go down well.
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I've always admired people with really strong presences and felt that caring about the visual component of what you do is not intrinsically superficial or vain.
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I hope no one thinks we really sniff glue. I stopped when I was eight.
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I get really affected by songs as a music listener - they mean so much and they feel so significant.
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I think it would be nice to be a prince.
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Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.
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There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about how it comes across.
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I had a really intense flying dream most of my childhood into my teens. I would go out at night and fly all over the city and I could facilitate other people to fly with me.
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I was a big troublemaker in the group. I put them through a lot of pain, but as much as I gave to them, they gave right back to me.
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Because I'm quiet, people think I'm really cold, or rude, or snobby. But I'm literally scared to talk to them.
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The distance thing is partially due to the fact that I'm pretty shy and I've struggled with extreme stage fright in the past. So I just have to go onstage in a different head space so I'm not as self-aware.
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I think the Internet shortens the distance between people, and that can often lead to inappropriateness.
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I just being able to write songs I'm proud of and finding some women to play with is exciting.