Zitat des Tages von Art Alexakis:
I like Nirvana, but I couldn't say that I was influenced by them. I like to tell a story.
My goal is to make my kids as happy as possible.
The thing I love about Myspace is it's a safe place where I can talk to fans every day.
Being a parent is not just about how you treat your child; it's also about how you treat the other parent. If you treat that person with respect, that's fine, that's the way to go. But if you don't, you're not being the parent you could be.
Being a musician, especially at the major label where you work for so long, it becomes a cycle. Write a record, make a record, tour. It's just this cycle, and I don't think there's any life built into it with time to assimilate what's going on in front of you and what's going on in your head.
When some people get angry, they turn into victims, but when I get angry, I turn to action.
I wish I could come home to a life that looks like a TV show. I wish I could see my television family waiting for me, where no one fights and no one screams, no one lies and no one leaves.
People have had the idea to do a '90s alternative tour for a long time. I didn't come up with that; I was the first guy to basically say it was time.
I like people who tell stories. I like storytellers. A lot of my songs are misconceived as being auto-biographical when they're not because I write in the first person.
Any artist manages his own business along with his manager. Every band should.
You don't have control of the car, but you can drive it. Life takes you where it wants you to go and where you need to go.
I'm not a politician. I'm not running for office. I can say what I think.
I'm a 50-year-old guy making music for over 20 years. I've been writing songs since I was 20, so it's really been 30 years, and it's always been personal, but I've always told stories.
Do not trust anybody but yourself. If people want to help you, fine. Put it on paper and understand exactly what every word says.
I'm a pretty tenacious person; I get that from my mom. So sometimes, I use dark humor. I can't take myself too seriously.
If you live in L.A. long enough, you get into having a cool car.
I like older people; I think older people have a lot of flavor.
I think I write very good songs. But I don't know if anybody could record my songs with as much fervor. They sound good sung by me, and they especially sound good with my band.
I'm constantly working, even when I'm at home.
I've always loved aggressive, hard, noisy, yet melodic bands, and at the same time I've always loved 'Blue' by Joni Mitchell.
I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.
I do like my sugar at night, but I try to keep it to a minimum.
I have a pet peeve about bands that don't play their hits. I think it's kind of selfish.
I think Everclear is a weird combination of a singer-songwriter and a hard-rock band. That's why some people really dig the band, and some don't.
