“I still think punk's around. It's been pushed into the mainstream and it gets harder to draw that line between what's pop and what's punk.” ThinkingStillsLinesDrawsHarderPopsMainstreamPunk Author:Milo Aukerman
“As long as bands are still out there slaving away in the garage and putting out their own records and just pushing the envelope for how songs should be written or how they should be played, punk will never die.” ShouldLongStillsSongDiesRecordsWrittenBandPushingPunkGarageEnvelopesPushing The Envelope Author:Milo Aukerman
“Part of 'Beyond The Music' is also the notion that no matter what came of us, or the band, the most important thing for us ended up being the friendships.” ImportantMatterBandMusic IsNo Matter WhatImportant ThingsNotion Author:Milo Aukerman
“I would point to a song like 'I'm Not A Loser', which I tried to evolve as best I could over the years. But finally after years of trying to evolve it into something a little more, up to date I guess, we just don't play it anymore.” TryingYearsLittlesPlaySongEvolveLoserUp To Date Author:Milo Aukerman
“We like to be punks. We like to still be kind of edgy and if being edgy means you might teeter on that line of being inappropriate, I'm still willing to teeter on that line, even at my age. But some of them go over that line and you've gotta draw that line somewhere.” IfsKindMeanStillsMightAgeLinesWillingDrawsBe KindPunkInappropriateEdgy Author:Milo Aukerman
“How can you sustain life? [Dan] Fogelman is magic, and I think the other scripts of his that I've read for this show specifically are as beautiful as the pilot script [of This Is Us]. And he said it in a meeting [regarding the stillbirth of a child], "You can't kill a baby every week." But I think the idea that you can have these impactful moments that are as heightened as the loss of a child - it's life.” ThinkingChildrenSaidIdeasMomentsShowsBeautifulLossMagicWeekBabyMeetingsScriptsPilotsLoss Of A ChildStillbirth Author:Milo Ventimiglia
“You have to be able to sustain life. So moments are going to be lighter, but moments are also going to be heavier. I think just the understanding that life goes in a million different directions, and hopefully, if you find excitement by what these characters are experiencing and what they're living through, and you're impacted by them as human beings, then that's the sustainability of the show [This is Us].” IfsThinkingHumansDifferentMomentsCharacterShowsAbleUnderstandingHuman BeingsMillionsHopefullyExcitementSustainabilityLightersDifferent Directions Author:Milo Ventimiglia
“[With] this show [This Is Us], I don't think I was seeking something outside of the world I'd always played in so much as I'm ruled by characters. If it's a great character, I'm invested. It doesn't matter what the genre, what the storyline, anything.” IfsThinkingWorldMatterCharacterShowsSeekingGenreGreat CharacterStoryline Author:Milo Ventimiglia
“The older I get, the easier it is to just be present in the moment, and understand what a man is going through.” MenMomentsEasier Author:Milo Ventimiglia
“Given the loss of a child or the birth of a child or anything like that, I think it's just I'm more moved by life, the older I get, so it's easier to connect to the characters that I play.” ThinkingChildrenPlayCharacterGivenLossBirthEasierMovedLoss Of A ChildBirth Of A Child Author:Milo Ventimiglia