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" Practicing love is a difficult thing to do. It's much easier to get angry. "
Ed Kowalczyk
Love
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Much
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" We've always been a band that questions things. "
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" I was into all of the Pennsylvania teams at some point in my childhood. I would flip back and forth between the Pirates and the Phillies, and I was always a Steelers fan but not much of an Eagles fan. Then I became kind of a band nerd in school, and I went the music route. "
Ed Kowalczyk
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Band
Back
" What I think shines through for us is that we have a real respect for the music and a real reverence. "
Ed Kowalczyk
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Think
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" 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. "
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Humanity
Great
" Part of being an artist is that you want to express yourself to as many people as possible. But you don't want to exclude anyone. "
Ed Kowalczyk
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" 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. "
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Emotional
Goals
Place
" I took a page out of the U2 book. They've always had a universal approach. Nobody doubts they're Christian, but there's an open door for everybody in any faith to consume the music at any level. "
Ed Kowalczyk
Book
Faith
Christian
" I grew up in an area that was the typical city that was a racially divided and economically segregated place. And it had a big influence on me. "
Ed Kowalczyk
Influence
Divided
City
" Ever since we started, we've been trying to give people music that is pop music where you could just get into the melody and get into the performance of the band and be quite satisfied. "
Ed Kowalczyk
Trying
Music
People
" If I were to sit around and think about all the things that were said about Live, I'd never get anything done. "
Ed Kowalczyk
Never
Sit
Live
" As a songwriter and a singer in a successful rock band, I have had the good fortune of being surrounded by incredible musicians, lots of wonderful production on both record and onstage, and plenty of volume! "
Ed Kowalczyk
Musicians
Band
Good
" Those first big concerts we played as 'Throwing Copper' started to really reach people worldwide - I think we played our first big arena show at the George Estate basketball arena down in Atlanta. I remember showing up and standing on stage and just being like, 'I can't believe this is going to be full of people. This is huge.' "
Ed Kowalczyk
Think
Believe
People
" I've never had trouble finding inspiration for new songs, no matter what I'm doing. "
Ed Kowalczyk
Matter
Finding
Doing
" The way you perform really depends on the way you live your life. It's not two separate things. "
Ed Kowalczyk
Live
You
Life
" I kind of spooked myself about getting older. It's not that bad really. "
Ed Kowalczyk
Older
Myself
Kind
" Music, in its clearest and simplest form, can be a catalyst to thought, but that's about it. "
Ed Kowalczyk
Form
Simplest
Catalyst
" You look at a song like 'Lightning Crashes,' and it's just so universal. "
Ed Kowalczyk
Look
You
Like
" I hit this point - I guess you'd say an end of a chapter - where I felt like I kind of did everything. I wasn't interested in music. It was a really strange feeling, and needless to say, it freaked me out a little bit. I really started to go inward and say, 'Hey, what is this about?' "
Ed Kowalczyk
End
You
Music
" 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. "
Ed Kowalczyk
Fear
You
World
" 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? "
Ed Kowalczyk
My Life
People
Art
" 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. "
Ed Kowalczyk
Think
Band
Out
" 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. "
Ed Kowalczyk
Yourself
Peace
Song
" We never really write 'love' love songs. There's always something twisted about them. But as far as love songs, women just became way more important to us after we turned 21, as a band in general. Kind of broke up our boyhood solidarity as we started branching out into babes. "
Ed Kowalczyk
Kind
Way
Love
" Critics are critics: their job is to find things wrong with people. "
Ed Kowalczyk
Find
Wrong
Things
" To make music that means something, you kind of have to drop the cool. You have to be prepared and willing to be uncool. "
Ed Kowalczyk
You
Cool
Kind
" 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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You
Going
Always
" 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. "
Ed Kowalczyk
Know
Place
Radio
" I've never allowed my specific personal practice or belief to be overtly integrated to the music. Because that's crossing the line into, 'We want you to think this.' And that's not what we're about. "
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Music
Practice
Think
" We really want the whole world to know about Live and to experience us. "
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World
Us
Live
" When I was a kid, my aunt coached me a little bit for choir, and what she taught me actually stuck with me. She basically taught me to sing from my diaphragm and not from my throat. "
Ed Kowalczyk
She
Kid
Me