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That's what I think our jobs as parents are, to educate as much as possible ... I tell them to follow their bliss. The people who follow their bliss in this world tend to be the more happier people.
People's perceptions of me have nothing to do with reality. I'm basically just your average dork.
I think the fact that Napster is stealing recorded music is something that we have to stop. It's taking money out of my kid's mouth. That's the way I look at it. It's wrong. It's inherently wrong. It's stealing.
Success to me is being able to do what I love, make a living at it and to support myself and the ones I love.
Do not trust anybody but yourself. If people want to help you, fine. Put it on paper and understand exactly what every word says.
I'm a 'Power of Now' kind of guy, always have been. I don't really hang on to a lot of pictures. I have pictures of my daughters.
I think I write very good songs. But I don't know if anybody could record my songs with as much fervor. They sound good sung by me, and they especially sound good with my band.
I'm a 50-year-old guy making music for over 20 years. I've been writing songs since I was 20, so it's really been 30 years, and it's always been personal, but I've always told stories.
I think Everclear is a weird combination of a singer-songwriter and a hard-rock band. That's why some people really dig the band, and some don't.
People have had the idea to do a '90s alternative tour for a long time. I didn't come up with that; I was the first guy to basically say it was time.
I'm constantly working, even when I'm at home.
I'm a pretty tenacious person; I get that from my mom. So sometimes, I use dark humor. I can't take myself too seriously.
I love Australia! I got a boot thrown at me there.
I'd actually like to make a country album one day. One of my idols is Neil Young, because he's kept himself from being bored.
One of the things about being a boy, especially growing up without a father, is you really don't have that role model to teach you how to do things.
My favorite drive is Highway 101 in California between Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo. I love the 101; Highway 1 is too windy, and 5 is too boring - the 101 is just right. It's like the Mama Bear of scenic drives.
The world's most effeminate heterosexual, Daniel Johns
The thing I love about Myspace is it's a safe place where I can talk to fans every day.
Any artist manages his own business along with his manager. Every band should.
My goal is to make my kids as happy as possible.
Being a parent is not just about how you treat your child; it's also about how you treat the other parent. If you treat that person with respect, that's fine, that's the way to go. But if you don't, you're not being the parent you could be.
I lived in Portland for almost 20 years, and that's where my eldest daughter went to college. I missed the sunshine. I grew up in L.A.
I think The Police made five great records and then called it a day. They went out on top.
If you live in L.A. long enough, you get into having a cool car.
For the most part, I don't like people who soapbox.
I like older people; I think older people have a lot of flavor.
Fatherhood, both times for me, was a choice.
I grew up in a family full of yellers. People screaming and chaos goin' on, I feel right at home in it. I've really worked on myself with anger management. I try to save that for the stage.
I like acting when I can pick my own roles, and I do. It's fun. I like being creative, and it's a creative process.
When some people get angry, they turn into victims, but when I get angry, I turn to action.
Being a child that grew up with a single mom back in the '70s, Father's Day to me was always a very uncomfortable time. At school, we would make Father's Day cards for our dads, and I usually mailed one to my dad, and he hardly ever responded.
I just wanna be a rock star!
About one or two songs per record is me doing a little bloodletting.
A lot of people do not like singer-songwriters, and a lot of people who like them do not like hard rock. It's either-or.
I've always loved aggressive, hard, noisy, yet melodic bands, and at the same time I've always loved 'Blue' by Joni Mitchell.
I do like my sugar at night, but I try to keep it to a minimum.
Forgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western males. It's a sign of weakness.
I try to talk about things I know about. But my characters are more of a combination of people or how I imagine people would feel.
I have my dark side like anybody, you know, depression, anxiety ... and I write about gritty, real-life stuff.
I've always cared about the world. That's never been an issue. But with learning how to smile, it's been learning how to feel comfortable within my own skin, and to feel accepted, and to feel empowered, and to feel worthy.
I like Nirvana, but I couldn't say that I was influenced by them. I like to tell a story.
I saw Cheap Trick play 'In Color,' and it was awesome.
'Santa Monica' was a big song, and I always knew it would be radio friendly. But it's not a defining song for me, though for a lot of people it is.
I loved hard-rock bands, and I loved songwriters who told stories.
Call me, and I'd do anything for the Democratic Party.