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" People are different when they're 30 than they are when they're 16. "
Tom DeLonge
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" Everyone I talk to says stuff like, 'Music sucks today,' and I'm going to try and change all that. "
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" I don't believe that I'm better than anybody, but I do believe that I'll try harder than most and I hope that people just join me for a little bit of a ride. "
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" Angels and Airwaves is a complete, pure reflection of who I am. The philosophy, the spiritualism, the esotericism, the idea of hope and space and the themes about life and grandeur... that's all me. "
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" I'm a huge stadium rock fan, but I'm also a fan of everything from Massive Attack to Peter Gabriel, U2, the Police, Radiohead, and Coldplay. I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience. "
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" I don't listen to punk any more, unless it's right before I play. Not that I don't like it, it's nostalgic. But, it's for kids and it should be... it's not art, it's expression. "
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Expression
" I write in a very melodic way, so that will never leave. I think my records will always tend to be approachable. "
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Will
Think
" They say Einstein died while he was still trying to figure out gravity. I think I'm going to die still trying to figure out some of the things about Blink. "
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" 'Love' has that Kubrick tonality to it, but this is not a Stanley Kubrick movie - there will never be another. At the same time, 'Love' has a modern feel. For example: In one scene, these astronauts go through a wormhole sequence, and you feel like you're being slapped around inside your head by a sonic boom. "
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" I'm interested in a lot of different things, but first and foremost I'm into the idea of human consciousness, and Angels & Airwaves is a byproduct of that. "
Tom DeLonge
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" Whether it's at their job, or their family, whatever - everyone feels that they're stuck in some kind of struggle. The idea is how to find your way out of it. "
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Job
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" I think my records will always tend to be approachable. "
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" You know, if a band on a label sold a few hundred thousand copies of their record these days, they wouldn't make any money. But if a band can pump out 10 million copies of a record for free, and 50,000 of those fans come to the band's website to watch pay-per-view videos or buy a t-shirt, that's roughly $10 million in revenue per year. "
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" In ten years I will become president of the United States Of America. "
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President
Become
America
" I always want to do different things. I'm always obsessed with trying to do different things. "
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Trying
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" Most bands, if something goes wrong, they cower and walk off stage and fire people. "
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Fire
Off
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" Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable. "
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Feel
Funny
Humor
" There's a time in your life where you're not quite sure where you are. You think everything's perfect, but it's not perfect... Then one day you wake up and you can't quite picture yourself in the situation you're in. But the secret is, if you can picture yourself doing anything in life, you can do it. "
Tom DeLonge
Time
Yourself
Not Perfect
" My company created a platform called Modlife, this prepackaged website that runs an artist's website. "
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Platform
Website
Artist
" I would lose straight away if I went on 'American Idol.' "
Tom DeLonge
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" When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars and a big rock drum sound. "
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" It's actually cool to be positive and optimistic and idealistic. It's cool to see yourself doing beautiful, great things. "
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Great
Positive
" I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore. "
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Skateboarding
Up
Grew
" When you see opportunities in your life, you've got to analyze, 'Why was that choice given to me?' "
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Me
You
Opportunities
" I used to get so jealous if my wife liked another band more than my own. Come to think of it, I still do. "
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" When we started Angels & Airwaves, we wanted to produce our art on different mediums, but the film was an ambitious one because we actually didn't go into it thinking we could make a big feature film. "
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" I've never been a jam-band sort of musician. "
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Never
Sort
" My dad has had a rare form of leukemia since I was in about 7th grade. But they've come up with some amazing drugs since then and he's doing really well today. "
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" Like millions of others, I have been plagued by the devastating effects of cancer hitting not one, but multiple members of my family. "
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