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And I swear that I don't have a gun.
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Most of our songs were written on acoustic guitar before they made it to the practice stage.
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Our idea is simply to play the songs and to emphasize our musicianship.
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CBGB represents a lot to New York City and to underground rock and to new wave and post-punk and whatever. But, you know, it's like tearing down the Jefferson Memorial or something.
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Ladies and gentlemen, god bless America - land of the free, home of the brave.
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Same thing happened in the punk movement in the late 70's...a punk band would start, play one gig, and get signed to a major label right away, 'cause it was a trend. That just shows there are a lot of old school dinosaurs in the record industry who need to be weeded out.
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Oh well, whatever, nevermind.
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Maybe we can change some kid's life & stop him from becoming a welder or a sleazy lawyer.
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I just hope I don't become so blissful I become boring. I think I'll always be neurotic enough to do something weird.
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I don't want to be a spokesperson.
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We were just amazed we were putting out a record. We were, and are, still learning. But we've never cared much for professionalism as long as the energy was there. Like our live shows: We're out of tune and use a lot of feedback. That's not on purpose or because we don't care, we're just musically and rhythmically retarded and we play so hard that we can't tune our guitars fast enough.
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Whenever I say I made a record in the garage, people just assume that I have, like, a Lear jet parked in there or something. But really there's old luggage, a couple of bikes. It's big enough to put one minivan in. That's it. No dartboard. I'm so not macho.
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I once received a cape that was made from the little purple bags that Crown Royal Whisky comes in.
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She eyes me like a pisces.
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I'm obsessed with Led Zeppelin and have been since I was a teenager.
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I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn't.
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I never needed much, and I never thought I'd get more than what I had. A trip to Burger King was the biggest thing in the world to me. Heaven.
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It's tough to go to sleep at night, and I wake up after five hours because I feel like I'm wasting time. I just sit up at night and think about what I can do next.
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To be positive at all times is to ignore all that is important, sacred or valuable. To be negative at all times is to be threatened by ridiculousness and instant discredibility.
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What we feel most comfortable doing is playing loud, screaming rock songs.
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And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to Virginia.
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When you're recording to analog tape, it captures performance and you can't necessarily manipulate that in different ways. It is what it is.
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I wasn't thriving socially, so I stayed in my room and played guitar all the time.
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You do learn things and one of them is that happiness has nothing to do with validation from other people, the important thing is being happy with yourself ... finding something that is important to you and sticking with it no matter what anyone says. The truth is you've got to really be tough because there are all kinds of forces that are always trying to get you to do things their way ... trying to tell you that you are throwing your life away if you don't follow their advice.