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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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" 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. "

Tom DeLonge

Rare

Today

" 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. "

" In ten years I will become president of the United States Of America. "

" I've never been a jam-band sort of musician. "

" I think my records will always tend to be approachable. "

" I write in a very melodic way, so that will never leave. I think my records will always tend to be approachable. "

" My company created a platform called Modlife, this prepackaged website that runs an artist's website. "

" Most bands, if something goes wrong, they cower and walk off stage and fire people. "

" 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. "

Tom DeLonge

People

Hope

" I would lose straight away if I went on 'American Idol.' "

" It's actually cool to be positive and optimistic and idealistic. It's cool to see yourself doing beautiful, great things. "

" You don't even wish for the success that I had, because you don't think it's attainable. "

" When you see opportunities in your life, you've got to analyze, 'Why was that choice given to me?' "

Tom DeLonge

You

Opportunities

" I always want to do different things. I'm always obsessed with trying to do different things. "

" I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore. "

Tom DeLonge

Skateboarding

Grew

" Records aren't selling anymore; people are burning music. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Tom DeLonge

Hope

I Am

" Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness. "

" 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. "

" I'm a little left of center, for sure, with Angels & Airwaves. But even when I get really weird, it's not that weird. It's not like some obscure Sonic Youth record or something. We don't take it quite that far. But what we do like are crescendos, and we do like when a song catches you off guard and it gives you the chills up and down your arms. "

" People are different when they're 30 than they are when they're 16. "

" '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. "

" I used to get so jealous if my wife liked another band more than my own. Come to think of it, I still do. "

" I will eat anything Mexican - a sombrero, hacienda... anything. They've perfected the combo of bread items and the grill. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Everyone I talk to says stuff like, 'Music sucks today,' and I'm going to try and change all that. "

" 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. "