And Later, If I Ever Felt That

Your Personal History Is A Part Of What Happens With Your Hands And Your Head As You Play Music.

The Late '60s And The '70s, A Lot Of This Really Beautiful Equipment Was Being Made And Installed Into Studios Around The World And The Neve Boards Were Considered Like The Cadillacs Of Recording Consoles. They're These Really Big, Behemoth-looking Recording Desks; They Kind Of Look Like They're From The Enterprise In Star Trek Or Something Like That. They're Like A Grayish Color, Sort Of Like An Old Army Tank With Lots Of Knobs, And To Any Studio Geek Or Gear Enthusiast It's Like The Coolest Toy In The World.

Just The Other Day Someone Threw A Bra Duct-taped To A Tennis Ball. I Just Stood There, Playing Guitar, Thinking How This Was Totally Premeditated. Some Girl Sat Around Inventing A Way To Get Her Bra Onstage From 40 Rows Back.

Always Have The Highest Bar For Yourself. Wake Up Everyday And No Matter How Crappy You Feel, Want To Change Something For The Better. Do Something That Makes Someone Happy. Create Something That Inspires Someone. Be Someone's Light When They Are Hopeless.

One Of The Great Things About Taylor Hawkins Is His…shirtless Body, Really.