Zitat des Tages über John Lennon:
I'm not so interested in being indie just for the sake of being indie.
I think the best way to find out about something is to try to do it to the max. A lot of people take up a hobby or sport and then find an excuse not to carry on with it. Once I start something, I won't stop until I'm as good at it as I'll ever be.
As soon as you pick up a guitar, you're up against the legends of rock. The same goes with stadium drum kits and electric bass. Essentially, you're already in a soundscape that's very familiar and has a lot of established legendary material recorded using those instruments.
The upside to smoking is that you get to be social. I was looking for a light when I bumped into Ben Harper's manager. A couple of days later, Ben and I were in the studio.
All the time I'm changing as an artist and as a person.
I created a foundation for poor children called Sinfonia por el Peru, where they play in orchestras and choirs, learn values and get away from the bad life, become better citizens in every aspect.
At 16, I walked around knowing I'd get chased and attacked for dressing a certain way - I felt I had an undeniable right to be who I wanted to be. My father said to hit them back, but I was never much good at that. So I developed a big mouth instead of a quick right hook.
I'm sorry I can't speak very coherently.
I am a bit of a bad boy. I have tattoos and I mess around. That's part of my image, so it's cool.
I've always been somewhat uncomfortable on the stage, and I've always felt like physically having to negotiate my own presence as a part of presenting work has always been a source of angst for me.
We all started calling ourselves 'Ramones' because it was just a fun thing to do.
Some people have style without even knowing it!
I don't want to be too harsh, but there's very little evidence for 'intelligent design' or any sort of creator.
There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off.
The most important thing to a lot of people, is to belong to something that's hip or whatever. To be a part of something that's not society, just a clique.
I'd say music runs in my blood. My parents are exceptionally talented singers, so even before I was born, it was a known fact to them that I'd become a singer. Thanks to my genes, I started off at the age of three and since then, music has meant everything to me.
Basically, I'm motivated to write about sociopolitical issues as well as relationships. I think those themes have stayed with me throughout my life.
We were in the same band, but we're two completely different people. People have asked me to make comparisons with our albums, and I can't, because there's no comparison. Her album's okay. I don't think she's the best singer on Earth, but she's okay.
The whole period has taught me that I enjoy being part of an ensemble rather than just a front man. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy that too, but I get more enjoyment out of really listening to everyone.
I'm a country bumpkin. I'm not a showgirl.
Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical.
So usually even if you like a sentence or a story or something, it won't come out that way - it'll come out years later, and in a different way, and you don't really control that.
Being the youngest, I was a bit of a daddy's girl and sought attention from an early age by singing. I don't know where I got my voice, but ours was always a musical house.
There's no dancing girls. We're kinda like secondary to the thing. It's a story about these two guys that are in love with this one girl and how it unfolds and what happens.
Yeah, I'm an open book.
That was the most exciting period, I think: at first, when you get the success on that really large scale.
I would love to record something with PJ Harvey or Alison Goldfrapp.
Edinburgh is where I started. A lot of the remixes I made were done in my room there, and it was a good place for me to make music.
'The Tube' was the first time the plebs had gone on the television. The lunatics taking over the asylum.
If an offer comes my way, I would love to sing in every Indian language. It will be like an ode to my fans from every corner of the country.
When someone calls you 'gay,' there's not much you can do about that because I am. Whereas, if someone calls you fat, there is something you can do about that.
As a person who wants to see and believe in the story, I don't think women at age 50 are able to sing young girls.
Seventy percent of what I write, I throw out. I can write very easily, but writing original things is the hard bit.
We got off the Clash of the Titans tour and I said that my wife and I were working on having a baby and sure enough we found out that she was pregnant. So I told them nine months in advance that I wasn't going to tour in September so I could witness the birth of my first son.
My music is like a spinning ball. It can turn in one direction, and then it comes back to origins.
There is nothing like walking on the streets on a freezing cold day and hearing fans scream your name, then stopping to talk to those same fans. There is nothing like looking into the crowd at the Q and seeing over 20,000 people wearing wigs to match your hair. Those are feelings I will cherish for the rest of my life and never forget.
