I think I have my own sort of distinctive swing, for sure. I think that’s something that comes really natural to me, to push against the beat and kind of explore a triplet feel behind everything just to see what that feels like.
A lot of fun stuff happens when you go out on a bike compared to when you’re in a car. You’re more in the environment. It’s enjoyable. Even when It’s raining It’s still fun.
If you have a lot of nature in your city, it becomes a more enjoyable place. That’s my own feeling about it.
I really enjoy not getting in a car and running errands on bikes.
Call it holistic or holographic thinking, it’s been quite effective imagining the world’s problems are all right in front of you on a smaller scale with your band. You deal with those relationships, and that’s where real major change begins.
As a songwriter, it’s kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity.
Right, those relationships with your parents and family are the hardest to figure out, and the same patterns get carried into a band situation.
Dave played an important part in our growing, but change occurs.
Every year is filled with good times and fights and struggles and misunderstandings. All of it adds up to being in a band over a long time.
I like rhythmic things that butt up against each other in a cool kind of way.
I like to play music. I like projects. I like excuses to hang out with my friends and play music.
I walked to Seward School first through fourth grade. It’s just amazing to me now that we’d walk down 10th Avenue on Capitol Hill.
I think people will always love a heavy Sabbath riff because it’s fundamental to rock.
I picked up a guitar, and I knew what I wanted to do.
I liked the banana-seat bikes with the high handlebars – maybe a card in the wheel could have been part of it.
I’ve seen neighborhoods that I would have never driven though because I’m riding my bike, because I’m looking for side roads, looking for maybe more hills or less hills depending if I’m exercising or not. You see a lot more, and you get the flow of a city a lot more.
It would be great to take one city street and turn it into a pedestrian corridor and see what kind of effect it has on the businesses in that area – It’s the future I think.
I think it’s evident that expensive neighborhoods in Seattle are surrounded by natural beauty. That elevates city life. So if we can make cities more attractive in the long run, we can be smarter about issues like development, zoning and economics.
I learn stuff from making music every time I go in the studio. I’m continuing to try to find new ways to play in a song or be in a song and have a positive impact on a song.
I like myself. I think I’m cool. But I think when you’re in a band you take on a role within the band, and I think people over the course of years can identify those roles as almost being bigger than just the individual. I don’t know. It’s kind of hard to talk about.
That’s not to say Eddie’s never done anything malicious. But he never grabbed power for power’s sake. His position was gained only because he has that energy, and that’s naturally where he ended up.