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If chasing cool is important to you, you're an idiot!
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I think musicians like me are drawn to those older desks, not just because they're legend and lore but also because they do something really specific that is hard to emulate or re-create digitally.
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I mean I like to be passionate and sincere but I also like to have fun and act like a dork. Geeks unite.
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It was supposed to be gross, and now it's gorgeous.
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All my life, I never believed most things I read in history books and a lot of things I learned in school. But now I've found I don't have the right to make a judgment on someone based on something I've read. I don't have the right to judge anything. That's the lesson I've learned.
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Rock stars are like sports stars: If you snap your ankle, you're done.
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My mother always tried to keep a little bit of British culture in our family. We'd drink tea all the time!
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It's not until recently that I could even imagine myself as an adult. But these kids today, they look at me like I'm Neil Young. Nirvana is the band their parents listen to.
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I love being a drummer but I love being a musician in general and I love the Foo fighters.
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'Some Kind Of Monster' is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you're watching a band be honest to each other. Not a good idea, man!
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It's important to me that people feel connected to the band through the music, you know? I don't want it to be wallpaper. I don't want it to be background music. I want it to be clear: This is the song. These are the words. If you feel the same way as I do, sing it as loud as you can.
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After I reached my teens I decided I didn't want to hang out with anyone. I couldn't handle the stupidity.
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Who needs action when you got words?
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A miserable, self-destructive, death rocker...better to burn out than to fade away.
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I'm left-handed, and it's not very easy to find reasonably priced, high-quality left-handed guitars. But out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. I've only owned two of them.
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I want to do something different, really different, and if it alienates people that's too bad.
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I wish I would tell our audience that we don't hate them without sounding cheesy.
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People think of life as being so sacred and they feel like this is their only chance and they have to do something with their life and make an impact As far as I'm concerned, it's just a pitstop for the afterlife. It's just a little test to see how you can handle reality.
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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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I respect people who promote the way they feel sexually.
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People are so into digital recording now they forgot how easy analog recording can be.
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What people don't realize is that the so-called Seattle grunge scene grew out of several close-knit gourmet supper clubs - we would only pick up guitars to pass the time while our dishes were simmering, baking, boiling, etc.
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When you have kids, you see life through different eyes. You feel love more deeply and are maybe a little more compassionate. It's inevitable that that would make its way into your songwriting.
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I didn't know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me.