John Gourley Quotes
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Portland is where all the fringe groups went to escape. Where the outliers brought that DIY, punk rock attitude and made the city their own.
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I've never been to a beach party before. We have gravel-pit parties in Alaska.
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We should be able to write songs for a new album every six months. If you think about it, it's not a crazy amount of writing.
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I want to share music that we grew up with for this generation, the music my parents shared with me.
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Getting nominated for a Grammy is as high as it gets for us.
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For the people that don't know it, we've had members come and go from this band since the beginning. It's always been about collaboration, and it's been about just playing music with our friends.
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It's silly to me to not be positive about rock advancing and growing. Really, we just want rock n' roll to be mainstream.
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I love running and good running shoes.
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I bought a book with guitar tabs and forced myself to learn. I would go to school and then come home and sit in my room for hours figuring out the songs.
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We started playing music because of the Wu-Tang Clan.
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I would watch 'Sesame Street' and see neighborhoods and kids with other kids to play with, and I just didn't have that. You know, we were on a lake. We just didn't have that stuff.
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It's OK to fail once in awhile.
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Growing up, I just always doodled, which is the worst word for it. I would just draw things in class, get yelled at by my teachers, get my drawings taken away. That stuff happened all the time.
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Being robbed is a really great way of editing your belongings.
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I think there are really great movements happening in Portland. It's nice being in a place that supports itself and stands on its own.
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I'm just not into the shady side of the music industry. Give credit where credit's due.
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As an artist, you can't expect a producer to just bring you a record. If you walk in and say, 'I want Kanye West's 'Power,' it just doesn't work that way.
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I was a shy kid growing up, and I liked the idea of playing under this alter ego: like, I could be Ziggy Stardust, but I also knew I could never be Ziggy Stardust.
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Portugal is like Ziggy Stardust. The period is there, so you know that it's not the country, it's Portugal. The 'Man' states, 'He's the man.'
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We have an amazing job. We get to travel around the world and experience different cultures and just learn so many things.
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We lived out in the middle of nowhere - the most random places - because of my father's work. We spent a lot of time in the car on long drives, just to get anywhere. We listened to oldies rock on the car radio, and the most-played group on oldies rock radio is the Beatles.
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I've always been into thrifting. I'm a fan of finding unique pieces and having them tailored or altered.
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Some New York bands you'll see rocking Ones or Dunks and things like that, but it is weird that the sneakerhead thing has become so massive. Personally, I think it's really silly.
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There's something about Detroit, man: there's a serious vibe there. It could be that blue-collar, working-class-mentality person who lives out there. There's just something about it. It reminds me of Alaska. Texas has the same thing. Detroit is a little heavier than both.