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" I saw Cheap Trick play 'In Color,' and it was awesome. "
Art Alexakis
Color
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" Being a parent is not just about how you treat your child; it's also about how you treat the other parent. If you treat that person with respect, that's fine, that's the way to go. But if you don't, you're not being the parent you could be. "
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" I don't talk about my past; people ask me about it. I've done things I'm ashamed of, but one thing I can honestly say is that things I've done that I regret, I've never done twice. I work really hard at that. "
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" Success to me is being able to do what I love, make a living at it and to support myself and the ones I love. "
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" I'm constantly working, even when I'm at home. "
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" I'm a 50-year-old guy making music for over 20 years. I've been writing songs since I was 20, so it's really been 30 years, and it's always been personal, but I've always told stories. "
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" My frustration has always been that I'm a Christian, but I don't buy into, never have bought into, the belief that Jesus and God are these men who just dictate that this is how you have to live your life or you are going to burn in hell. "
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" I have my dark side like anybody, you know, depression, anxiety... and I write about gritty, real-life stuff. "
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" Forgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western males. It's a sign of weakness. "
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" I have a pet peeve about bands that don't play their hits. I think it's kind of selfish. "
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" I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films. "
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" Call me, and I'd do anything for the Democratic Party. "
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" When some people get angry, they turn into victims, but when I get angry, I turn to action. "
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" I like people who tell stories. I like storytellers. A lot of my songs are misconceived as being auto-biographical when they're not because I write in the first person. "
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" I lived in Portland for almost 20 years, and that's where my eldest daughter went to college. I missed the sunshine. I grew up in L.A. "
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" That's what I think our jobs as parents are, to educate as much as possible... I tell them to follow their bliss. The people who follow their bliss in this world tend to be the more happier people. "
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" As a songwriter, I do kind of look at 'Santa Monica' as a thing outside of itself, because it isn't just my song. This is a song a lot of people tell me is a part of their high school or college years. That means a lot to me. "
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" I still fall back a lot on my Les Paul, and there is just no getting away from a Les Paul and a hot pickup. "
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Hot
Away
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" I do like my sugar at night, but I try to keep it to a minimum. "
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Keep
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" Being a musician, especially at the major label where you work for so long, it becomes a cycle. Write a record, make a record, tour. It's just this cycle, and I don't think there's any life built into it with time to assimilate what's going on in front of you and what's going on in your head. "
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" One of the things about being a boy, especially growing up without a father, is you really don't have that role model to teach you how to do things. "
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" I'm not a politician. I'm not running for office. I can say what I think. "
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" I like older people; I think older people have a lot of flavor. "
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" I like acting when I can pick my own roles, and I do. It's fun. I like being creative, and it's a creative process. "
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" Being a child that grew up with a single mom back in the '70s, Father's Day to me was always a very uncomfortable time. At school, we would make Father's Day cards for our dads, and I usually mailed one to my dad, and he hardly ever responded. "
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