“I live to play music, and hang out with my wife and kid, and hang out with my friends, and discover the world. Read books, watch movies, see art, see the world, meet new people.” PeopleWorldArtBookPlayKidsWatchesWifeMy FriendsMy WifeHanging OutWatch MovieMeeting New PeopleMy Wife And Kids Author:Mark Hoppus
“Every single day that you walk outside your house is something new and different and exciting.” DifferentHouseWalksExcitingSomething New Author:Mark Hoppus
“Why do scuba divers fall backwards off a boat? Because if they fell forwards they'd still be in the boat.” IfsStillsFallBoatBackwardsFall BackScubaScuba Divers Author:Mark Hoppus
“The only reason so many are so pissed off at the US is because they see North America as promoting a 'bad deal' for its own masses, not because it is ruining the rest of the world!” WorldReasonAmericaDealsMassPromotingNorth AmericaPissed Off Author:Andre Vltchek
“When you're traveling on a body of songs that you have played for many, many years, for most nights of your life - I'm sure you've experienced this yourself - it's not that every night is not it's own thing. It is.” YearsBodyNightSongEvery Night Author:Ted Leo
“You play the one song that people want to hear the most every night, and for every audience that's a special thing. And usually that translates back to you.” PeopleWantPlayNightSongAudienceSpecialEvery NightTranslateSpecial Things Author:Ted Leo
“When you make a record and have to go out on tour for it, you have to go out on tour for it. Whether it's going to be joyful or not, you have to do it.” RecordsJoyful Author:Ted Leo
“I love touring. But it's super nice to have a new reason to play shows that isn't based around that perennial cycle of album/tour/promotion.” ReasonPlayShowsNiceAlbumsCyclesPromotionTouring Author:Ted Leo
“Someone once said that "The Waste Land" was a scum of poetry floating on a sea of footnotes. That resonated with me, because that's kind of what I was doing lyrically for a while. I was being very referential in a way. I would drop in these little phrases or ideas that were sort of portholes into a whole bigger realm of thought or whatever, that would work within the song, but that you could also poke through into a bigger discussion.” WayKindLittlesSaidIdeasWholeSongSeaLandWasteBiggerDiscussionPhrasesRealmsFloatingPokeScumFootnotesWaste Land Author:Ted Leo
“If you live up against train tracks, it can make your life a living hell.” IfsHellTrainTrackTrain Tracks Author:Ted Leo