“I'm not a horror movie guy, but I think the guy that did Saw, or maybe House or something, he was saying you love that age as a storyteller because a nineteen-year-old is still dumb enough to make really bad decisions, but he's allowed to be out on his own.” ThinkingYearsStillsEnoughAgeGuyHouseDecisionSawsHorrorDumbStorytellerNineteenBad Decision Author:Craig Finn
“Before I had a driver's license, and I lived in the suburbs of Minneapolis and went to high school and came home - I could ride my bike around or get a ride from my parents, but my world was pretty small, limited. Like anyone at that age, I only knew things I could get to.” WorldHomeAgeSchoolParentHigh SchoolDriversBikeLicenseSuburbsMinneapolis Author:Craig Finn
“I was really obsessed with age. I kept saying it was a record about trying to age gracefully.” TryingAgeRecordsObsessed Author:Craig Finn
“I graduated high school in 1989, and there was no alternative rock radio, and there wasn't really good college radio you could get on a car stereo. Once you get a car at that age, you're spending all the time you can away from home, sometimes just driving around aimlessly. Listening, or not even listening, but subconsciously soaking up this classic rock barrage.” SometimesHomeAgeSchoolRocksCarCollegeListeningHigh SchoolRadioSpendingDrivingAlternativesClassicAway From HomeSoakingClassic RockGood CollegeAlternative Rock Author:Craig Finn
“Some people I've talked to have had really an interpretation of this record as being nostalgic. But in some ways, when we were writing Stay Positive, I was really obsessed with age. I kept saying it was a record about trying to age gracefully. This record, I think actually was us aging gracefully.” PeopleThinkingWritingTryingAgeAgingObsessedNostalgicAging Gracefully Author:Craig Finn
