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" I think the message of the Live/Counting Crows tour is that, aside from what's going on trendwise, if you dig a little, you can always find something to inspire you. "

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" I love Peter Gabriel, and I've come so close to working with him a few times. We were on a movie soundtrack together, but we didn't actually write together. "

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Together

Few

Love

" We've never been satisfied with just making 'me' music. What we're doing is trying to go to a place of some reverence. "

Ed Kowalczyk

Music

Trying

" I'll never forget the first concert I basically went to. Actually, Sonny and Cher was my first concert, but U2 was my first real concert. I was 17 and saw them at JFK Stadium and had really crappy seats. "

" We don't want Offspring-itis, Green Day-itis: you know, that thing where bands are all over the place at once, getting everything at once - major airplay on radio, major airplay on MTV. "

" I think 'cool' is overrated. "

" It's something I've always been passionate about - which is the power of rock and roll itself. I'm a walking example of its power, 'cause I was totally altered in the seminal years of Live by bands like U2 and R.E.M., U2 in particular. "

" All my favorite artists were pretty serious in the sense that their music was something I could sink my teeth into, from Peter Gabriel to U2 to these artists that made me want to read the lyrics and dig into it. "

Ed Kowalczyk

Teeth

Want

" Music is a spiritual event and a means to realize freedom. "

" One of the lyrics from Bono that always sticks with me is 'Where the Streets Have No Name.' Just the name of the song, that sort of oneness, and there isn't any division in yourself, and your just at peace and fired up at the same time. "

" From the very beginning, we were all a hundred and ten percent about the music, from the very early days when we could barely play our instruments, and we were just covering other people's songs when we were in high school. "

" I've found lyrics in songs that always center me. "

Ed Kowalczyk

Lyrics

Songs

" I feel proud to be a part of rock n' roll and the whole tradition of rock n' roll. "

" Practicing love is a difficult thing to do. It's much easier to get angry. "

" Arenas, to me, and especially sheds, are really great venues. You get that sea of humanity, but everybody can still see it and hear it. And that's really important to us. "

" You look at a song like 'Lightning Crashes,' and it's just so universal. "

Ed Kowalczyk

Look

You

" I think that every band, whether they admit it or not, is going out there to succeed. I've always worn that on my sleeve. "

" The place we go as a band is a sort of samadhi, intensely emotional and not bound by self-thinking. And lyrically, one of the goals is to suggest that something is going on beyond what you can see. "

" I kind of spooked myself about getting older. It's not that bad really. "

" We've been slighted in the press for being heartfelt. "

" We've always been a band that questions things. "

" With every kid, there has just been a deepening of my humanity, because there's no more of a feet-on-the-ground moment than having a child. "

Ed Kowalczyk

Child

Humanity

" The Web has incredible potential for an artist who keeps in touch with millions of people. "

" It really has become the singular motivation in my life - to surrender to the art and to the free expression of what I may be experiencing in my life spiritually. It is really hard in the face of people who don't get it, but what do you do? "

" Until you solve problems like fear individually, resolve why individuals feel the need to believe in whatever, there's really no point in organizations, in things that turn the world into a concept rather than an individual fact. "

" When you're 19, girlfriends are girlfriends. Then you start thinking about the rest of your life and stuff. I don't know; something happens with your glands. Your alimony gland. "

" I believe that rock and roll can really make a huge impact on people's lives. "

" Open Wings - Broken Strings is an opportunity for you to get to the heart of your favorite artists and their songs in a unique and compelling way. Stripped down, intimate and acoustic, you'll hear the strings on the guitar vibrate and buzz, the vocal chords hum and pulsate as the songs you love come to life like you never knew they could. "

" The message of 'The Distance To Here' is no secret. It is a message of love and an invitation to myself and to those who want to come along to ask the big questions and not feel uncool doing it. "

" Life is full of inspiration, far more than I'll ever get to write about. "

Ed Kowalczyk

Life

Inspiration

" When we were starting out as a band, I was addicted to college radio. "