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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
My dad dragged me to a Bruce Springsteen concert as a kid. It was my first concert, but I fell asleep in the middle. My second concert was Weezer on the 'Pinkerton' tour, and 'Pinkerton' is the reason why I'm doing this.
Nate Ruess Fun.
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I remember immediately - immediately - feeling like, 'I don't want to play 'We Are Young' when I'm 35. I don't want to be defined by this.'
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
The way that people have gotten on board with me is the most encouraging thing in the world, but it's all very connected to the 14 years I've been on tour with Steel Train, even my band before that, Outline, and then fun. and now Bleachers.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
I loved Interpol when they came out, but I never wanted to be in Interpol.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
Once you understand that listeners want to be challenged, then you also understand that you can't take shortcuts.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
My father played guitar, so I always wanted to play for that reason. But I think the biggest reason was just the '90s in general - growing up listening to the Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day and bands like that, and going to concerts and thinking it was the coolest thing in the world.
Jack Antonoff Fun.
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I prefer to connect with fans from the stage. Like, I don't have a Twitter page, or anything like that. So for me, that's what the show is about. For me - is a way to interact with fans; being up onstage and showing them, through music - which is all I really know - the best way to say thank you.
Nate Ruess Fun. -
You have to believe that people don't want what you think they're going to like, you know? They want what you like. Once you start doing that, you actually start connecting with people.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
I try and get about eight hours of sleep every single night. And I like to think that I drink more water than anyone, ever.
Nate Ruess Fun. -
When you go all over the world for work, your dream vacation is your bedroom.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
For 10 years, I had a band called Steel Train. We made three albums. We toured like crazy.
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I feel like I missed a whole period of my childhood because I had a bunch of stressful things happen to me when I was like 17, 18, when people usually feel the most free in life, like going to college and like anything is possible.
Jack Antonoff Fun.
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If you can make the song a soundtrack to what you're living at the time, I think that's the most important part of a song.
Nate Ruess Fun. -
The best pop music is the songs that a group of people can dance to, but you can also listen to in your bed and cry. That's something obviously that The Beatles started and... so having that darkness there opens another door.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
It's a really natural thing: The people closest in your life are the people you want the first opinions from. At the end of the day, if you're not trying to impress those people first, then I think there's something wrong there.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
I always had the feeling that Bleachers is my soul.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
Anyone who is awake and aware knows that these quote-unquote bathroom bills or any legislation discriminating against LGBTQ citizens is horrible.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
I kind of like being depressed.
Nate Ruess Fun.
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I grew up on Raffi. That was my first impression of what a rock star was.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
The exciting thing about Bleachers and fun. are they're different, and they're aesthetically different in many ways. But it's also like my role is very different, and that's cool.
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Even now, when I try and think of band names just randomly, I'm so thankful that 'fun.' is the name of the band. I never really think twice about it. It is so simple and so easy.
Nate Ruess Fun. -
You can look at someone and get to know their music and say, 'This is someone who I want to work with.'
Jack Antonoff Fun.