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I kind of spooked myself about getting older. It's not that bad really.
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Anarchy would be a world that nobody felt responsible for, that nobody felt any sort of love for. When there's real intelligence happening, when there's real love happening, there's a sense of responsibility: Hey, we've got to take care of this place and each other.
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I really don't do concept stuff very well. If I'm sitting thinking about what kind of song I want to write, within a few minutes, I'm kind of bored. It's just a personal thing for me.
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I remember people telling me that at 5 1/2 minutes long, 'Lightning Crashes' would never be a hit song.
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I think the message of the Live/Counting Crows tour is that, aside from what's going on trendwise, if you dig a little, you can always find something to inspire you.
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I grew up in an area that was the typical city that was a racially divided and economically segregated place. And it had a big influence on me.
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We've never been satisfied with just making 'me' music. What we're doing is trying to go to a place of some reverence.
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All my favorite artists were pretty serious in the sense that their music was something I could sink my teeth into, from Peter Gabriel to U2 to these artists that made me want to read the lyrics and dig into it.
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I would have to recommend the chorus of 'Lightning Crashes' for just about everyone that needs a little something, a little comeback.
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I think that every band, whether they admit it or not, is going out there to succeed. I've always worn that on my sleeve.
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We've never been your traditional rock-pop band. Lyrically, I've always had more of an interest in spirituality and that kind of thing.
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I consider our music a catalyst, something that might spark a thought or a question.
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The Web has incredible potential for an artist who keeps in touch with millions of people.
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I was buddies with Dennis Rodman back in the day; actually, I am still buddies with him, and so I have gone to a lot of games and always enjoyed it.
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When we were starting out as a band, I was addicted to college radio.
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It really has become the singular motivation in my life - to surrender to the art and to the free expression of what I may be experiencing in my life spiritually. It is really hard in the face of people who don't get it, but what do you do?
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Life is full of inspiration, far more than I'll ever get to write about.
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The way you perform really depends on the way you live your life. It's not two separate things.
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I took a page out of the U2 book. They've always had a universal approach. Nobody doubts they're Christian, but there's an open door for everybody in any faith to consume the music at any level.
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We came from a small town where there was no music scene or no other bands, and we decided to put ours together and go for it.
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I'll never forget the first concert I basically went to. Actually, Sonny and Cher was my first concert, but U2 was my first real concert. I was 17 and saw them at JFK Stadium and had really crappy seats.
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I have always been cursed or blessed with this inability to hide behind anything and to just say exactly what I am experiencing.
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Those first big concerts we played as 'Throwing Copper' started to really reach people worldwide - I think we played our first big arena show at the George Estate basketball arena down in Atlanta. I remember showing up and standing on stage and just being like, 'I can't believe this is going to be full of people. This is huge.'
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Individuals have to find a place to experience a profundity of feeling, and art is a means to that.
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