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It's funny, because I had no intention of being in a band because I was so shy. But I loved playing music and loved writing songs. I always thought I'd be in the background and, if I did get into a band, be a backup musician.
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We pride ourselves on being a touring band. We work very hard to give a great and unique performance.
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When I was in high school and first starting to drive by myself, I listened to Wu Tang in the car, and I recognized their soul and R&B roots.
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There's no making art for art's sake. You've got to make the best art you can.
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Poor Ron Paul. He means well. He really does. But there's something about him. I don't know what it is. From falling victim to Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno to that old-man shuffle, he just seems like kind of a... like kind of a sissy.
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Right after we recorded 'Satanic Satanist' and 'American Ghetto' here in Boston, we decided we'd grow our hair out. This is - was - like the Beatles thing. I wanted to see these pictures later in life.
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As much as we love an excuse to dress up, the red carpet is not the place.
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I feel like rock n' roll has become very tame.
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My dad just left high school in '69, went to Woodstock, and after half a year of college for architecture, just took off for Alaska. He bought a van and went straight into the mountains and built a cabin.
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It's really hard to escape where you were brought up. Not that I would ever want to escape it.
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I like the challenge of writing music without being the coolest guy or band in the room.
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When I talk to my mom and dad, and I'm in Paris, I'm like, 'Can you believe it?' It's ridiculous. I have a serious love for what we do. It's not something we take for granted.
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Whether it be tour posters, album packaging, videos, stage design, etc., the visual aspect of music is very important to us.
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I see a lot of people say you just make the music you wanna make and just love what you do, and that is what we do, but I wanna write the best songs we can.
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I grew up in Alaska, okay? My dad graduated high school and went straight to the mountains. He had $300 and staked a claim. He didn't even have enough to put a title on the land: just had the records that he bought before he moved.
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We've always done what we do, and we go out and try and get better with each record we make.
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Levis are my go-to. Plain crew necks and jeans.
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Portugal. The Man, to me, doesn't have any real ties. We try to change things up with every album, really progress, and let things happen.
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My first concert was Pantera.
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We tour, we do the distance from friends and family, not really knowing how to connect with people on the same level. I've understood now, as much as we tour, we live day-to-day, so our lives are much different than the people who stay at home and go home every night.
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I feel like every album we make, that's our debut album.
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To me, sci-fi has the most amazing style.
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There are some athletes who I feel like are just looking for likes, and then there are people who are just real.
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If you don't have negative experiences, you have no way to gauge the positive ones, and you have no way to deal with it.
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