A downtown is the center of a community, the pulse, ... When it dies, your town dies. I want my kids to experience something different from Wal-Mart and strip malls. |
A lot of bands talk shit about us. |
I want to date you. You think it's just a joke, but it's not a joke. |
People thought I was crazy, but it turned out to be the best thing that could have happened, ... People here have a great work ethic, an innate loyalty that's different from other places with more of a transient population. |
Rancid are real punk-rock dudes, you know, but they came out with the opposite attitude, |
They came to watch us every night, and we became good friends. They'd come to our shows in San Francisco when they were home and we'd go to see them when they were in Montreal. We got along really well and I think it showed a lot of integrity on their part because they got to know us instead of going on what their fans think. |
Truthfully, ... obviously good music and a good live show is important, and you have to make sure your fans like them. But most importantly having cool vibes and nice people because there's nothing worse than spending a month with a band that you don't connect with and you don't have fun with, and they take themselves too seriously and they have bodyguards, you know what I mean, they act like they're something they're not. |
We've been very fortunate not to be a 'firecracker band' that blows up and goes away. |