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" I used to just write about my own apathy, but that youthful, apathetic way of looking at things grew thin as I got older. "

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" I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted. "

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" There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust. "

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" Life doesn't make any sense unless you can enjoy the journey, and sometimes I take that for granted. "

" I'm beyond the point of thinking I'm powerful enough to solve my own problems. "

" When I was around nine years old, I was a fan of Shaun Cassidy's first album. "

" I was just a kid in 1987 when I heard of the Pixies, the year after I graduated high school. But I had my band together, and my best friend at the time, Corey Hickock, who was the guitar player in the band that would become STP, Mighty Joe Young, turned me on to the Pixies. "

" My family is the most beautiful thing in my life beyond anything else, even music. "

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" Eventually I want to subsidize my income with other creative outlets that are going to not keep me tied to the road so much. "

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" When bands got really big and sold a lot of records back in the day and did really well on the road, everyone developed a certain ego. And there's a certain entitlement that comes with that. And it stops people from communicating the way you used to communicate when you were in a band together and it was all for one, one for all. "

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" I really didn't get obsessed with Bowie until my freshman year in high school. I remember listening to 'Starman' and thinking it sounded like it was a song for kids, like a lullaby. The Thin White Duke is my favorite look that he created. "