The Words You Say Never Live Up

My Brother Brought Home 'at San Quentin' When I Was About 7, And We Played It Over And Over Again.

I Think That Sometimes Almost The Bigger Tragedy In A Weird Way Is All Of The Future Imagined Creative Projects That Could Have Happened That Didn't. I Feel The Same Way About Lots Of Brilliant People Who Die Young, Kind Of Senselessly Especially.

She Gives The Night Its Dreams.

Maybe Sincerity Is The New Punk. But To Me, I Think I Have To Connect With Something Emotionally, On Some Level, Or I Don't Care About It. And If I Don't Care About It, Then I Don't Think Anyone Listening To It Will, Either.

I Started As A Drummer, So I Sort Of Took On Singing Duties By Default. I Had Sung Backgrounds And Some Lead Vocals From Behind The Drums In Different Bands That I'd Been In, And I'd Gotten Great Responses For The Songs I Would Sing. I Really Started Pursuing The Possibility Of Being A Lead Singer Based On The Fact That I Was Working A Full-time Restaurant Job And Then Playing Gigs At Night, Hauling Drums Around. One Day, It Just Dawned On Me That, 'hey, I Could Be In A Band And Be The Singer, And It Would Be A Lot Easier!'