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" 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

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" We really want the whole world to know about Live and to experience us. "

Ed Kowalczyk

World

Live

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

" 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. "

" I think 'cool' is overrated. "

" You're living in a fantasy to think that music can actually change something. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've always been into asking the big questions; I'm the last guy out the door at closing time cuz I was sittin' around 'til the wee hours with the other ones who were asking the same things. "

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

" It's always so rewarding, gratifying to me, as an artist and a writer, to see how this music gets more important for a lot of people as time goes by. And it's not just nostalgia. It's a feeling of it's really relevant to their lives, even though it's 20 or 25 years old or more. "

Ed Kowalczyk

Artist

Feeling

" We came from a small town where there was no music scene or no other bands, and we decided to put ours together and go for it. "

" 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. "

" I remember people telling me that at 5 1/2 minutes long, 'Lightning Crashes' would never be a hit song. "

Ed Kowalczyk

Long

Never

" I would have to recommend the chorus of 'Lightning Crashes' for just about everyone that needs a little something, a little comeback. "

" I really don't do concept stuff very well. If I'm sitting thinking about what kind of song I want to write, within a few minutes, I'm kind of bored. It's just a personal thing for me. "

Ed Kowalczyk

Want

Thinking

" 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. "

" I've never had trouble finding inspiration for new songs, no matter what I'm doing. "

" We've never been a band that gets up on stage and says, 'OK, we're going to play our entire new album.' Of course we want to introduce new music, but we also want to play the songs people want to sing along with. "

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

" Lots of human-rights tragedies deserve concerts, but there's something extra with Tibet. It's a spiritual culture, a country rooted in humility and compassion. And among artists, there's a lot of Buddhists, people who want an alternative to basic Christianity, which doesn't offer much. "

" 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. "

" If I were to sit around and think about all the things that were said about Live, I'd never get anything done. "

" I am an Alanis Morissette fan. I think that she has a fantastic voice, and I would love to sing with her someday. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Critics are critics: their job is to find things wrong with people. "

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

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

Ed Kowalczyk

Lyrics

Songs

" The way you perform really depends on the way you live your life. It's not two separate things. "