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“Justin Bieber stole my haircut. And Axl Rose stole my dance!”

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Davy Jones, born on December 30, 1945, was an American actor. He gained fame as the lead singer and drummer of the 1960s-1970s music group The Monkees. Jones had a diverse career in music and film, with a range of roles and styles. more

“There's all these people involved, and it becomes this huge machine - it stops being just me making my own little songs for myself, or for the world. And it's hard to stop the machine. If you want to take time to write a record, they're like, "OK, tour through March, April, and June, then you can take a few weeks off to record in July before getting back on the road for the European festival circuit." After a while, I had to put my foot down.”

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Author:Zachary Cole Smith

“It's not like I had a breakdown, though it kind of felt like it at the time. I agreed to everything that happened. You can't really be at work and be like, "That's it. I've had too much. I'm going home."”

Kind Home Felt Too Much Happened Breakdown Going Home

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“I spent my life working before I started band. I worked construction, landscaping. I worked in kitchens, cleaned dishes. I worked demolition.”

Band Kitchen Construction Dishes Demolition Landscaping

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“A record is worth 10,000 live shows.”

Shows Records

Author:Zachary Cole Smith

“Some kid can say, "Hey, I really want you to play my town in Switzerland, or Sweden, or Latvia," and they could have a fun night at the show. On the other hand, all those kids could have a record that means something to them in a more personal way a couple months down the road. The live band is a really important thing for us, but my focus is on the album now.”

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Author:Zachary Cole Smith

“The touring band is DIIV, and the songs are always written with them in mind. But the new record is going to be more "me."”

Mind Song Records Written Band Touring

Author:Zachary Cole Smith

“Nobody really wanted to do that one European tour. For one, it was budgeted to lose money. They would've made something, but I would've lost a lot of money.”

Made Wanted Lost Loses Lots Of Money

Author:Zachary Cole Smith

“The idea is: You played to 100 people this week in Europe, and then next week you can play to 200. It's an investment in that territory. But it can lose money because it's very expensive to go to Europe. You can't really just say, like, "Oh, we're gonna take our van and drive to California tomorrow." It's more like, "Oh, we have to fly to London and rent three guitar amps, a bass amp, drums; buy all these flights for four people; hire a driver."”

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Author:Zachary Cole Smith

“It's pretty easy to lose money on tour - most bands do on their first couple of tours. We're more established, but I think it was just poorly booked. It was a mess from the get-go.”

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Author:Zachary Cole Smith

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