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📢 “While I was writing the songs, I was interested in what the people in the modern world need to survive the day and what they use as medication. The meds could be religion, love or a variety of medication that allows them emotional survival… I’m talking about those kinds of meds.”
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟? 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗔𝗦 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗦?
📢 “Music!!! My music allows me just that. For me it’s like something that chases off all the demons inside of me, something like good psychotherapy.”
𝗬𝗢𝗨'𝗥𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗟𝗬 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘. 𝗗𝗜𝗗𝗡'𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗔 𝗕𝗜𝗧 𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨?
📢 “No, not at all. Every gig is a new challenge. It’s like jumping into a pool, without knowing how deep it realy is. Because when you climb on that stage, you never know how your fans are going to react to you”.
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗙𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠 𝗜𝗦 “𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗥𝗔-𝗥𝗘𝗗”. 𝗪𝗛𝗬? 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗧?
📢 “Hmm, it was one of the most ambiguous songs. But really… Because it’s the only song that I, since I started writing songs, wrote from back to forth. I started writing from the last lyric and then worked my way up to the first one. And I never used to do it that way. And when I got to its beginning, I actually could’ve continued writing it. And then I realized that that song is very much about revenge, about the wish to inflict revenge upon someone.”
𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙 𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗙𝗨𝗟 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡?
📢 “No, I don’t think I’m like that. I think that revengefulness is one of humanity’s worst characteristics.”
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📢 “Ooooh… I miss my things, the fact that I’m not surrounded by them, so the comfort of my own home. Nevertheless, I make an effort and give it my all to make everything look as much like my ordinary life as possible while I’m on tour.”
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧'𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥?
📢 “Simply different. No day is the same. It has its ups and, of course, downs. It involves a lot of traveling, which means that at times it can be very exhausting. Actually, that entire way of life seems very nomadic. Oh, yes, it really is like that… We’re like a bunch of traveling, rock’n’roll gypsies, going about, traveling from country to country, city to city, playing their music and trying to put food on their tables. But at the same time, it’s a very romantic way of life. And very fulfilling. Every day we get the chance to perform in front of a large number of people, and that’s an incredible experience. But pleasure comes with a price… Physically, and mentally. Changing 150 towns on all continents in a 200 day tour isn’t all that simple. But I always say and think that we’re in a very blessed position, because there are so many people interested in this band and want to listen to us. So it’s completely natural that we bring the music to them.”
𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗟𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗡 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗡 𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘-𝗨𝗣. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧'𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗨𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦?
📢 “Probably the fact that we don’t follow trends or what’s fashionable in music, we just follow our own ideas.”
(OK! Magazine, 2006)
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