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It was a difficult road for What Is This. Their business did not come easy. Eventually, the lack of success forced different directions.
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I think if you exercise, your state of mind - my state of mind - is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem.
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Darkness comes in waves...tell me, why invite it to stay?
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And we're always excited to expose our music to new people to see if we can have longevity and a long career. It's heading that way.
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Right, those relationships with your parents and family are the hardest to figure out, and the same patterns get carried into a band situation.
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In 1993, Eleven released their second record, which was self-titled. We began a stretch of touring that included opening for Soundgarden.
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I like myself. I think I'm cool. But I think when you're in a band you take on a role within the band, and I think people over the course of years can identify those roles as almost being bigger than just the individual. I don't know. It's kind of hard to talk about.
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It's important to have a life and spend time outside of those things [music and politics], in order to appreciate what you've achieved as far as just spending time with people you love, and doing things like painting.
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I am a thief, I am a liar, I am George Bush and my son is an asshole.
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I believe in the power of music. To me, it isn't just a fad. This is a positive thing.
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I have had Crohn's for about 19 years. It is a debilitating disease that affects my colon.
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I know I was born and I know that I'll die... The in between is mine. I Am Mine
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The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could have been president of Major League Baseball. Less people killed. It wouldn't have affected the world on a planetary level. Sure, there would have been little things. There would have been scandals and kind of numbskull things here and there.
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I've always related music to those moments when someone turns you loose on something and they haven't told you how to do it.
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It was by design that we mostly used pictures that you could not necessarily see what was going on, and that didn't really focus in on the band, but instead focused in on a theme.
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I don't need drugs. Life is already tragic enough.
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And watching Ed, he's really coming into his own doing some new things onstage I've never seen him do. He's really getting into it, putting 120 percent into the show. We feel comfortable and excited.
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It's understandable why someone would like their entertainment to provide an escape from modern day worries and the reality of war. We feel this record creates a healthy opportunity to process some of these emotions rather than deny them.
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I had a long talk with Bruce Springsteen on a rooftop during the Vote for Change tour (in 2004). And it boiled down to this: That guy you used to be, he’s still in the car. He’ll always be in the car. Just don’t let him drive. He might be shouting out directions. But whatever you do, don’t let him get behind the wheel.
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Music's at its best when it has a purpose.
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Every year is filled with good times and fights and struggles and misunderstandings. All of it adds up to being in a band over a long time.
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Society, you're a crazy breed.
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So much energy comes out of concerts sometimes, especially good ones that are really moving. And that energy, no matter how great the show is, it dissipates within two weeks or a month.
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I've got my indignation but I'm pure in all my thoughts.