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๐ข “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.”
๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐ช๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐? ๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ?
๐ข “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.”
๐ฌ๐ข๐จ'๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐. ๐๐๐๐ก'๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ?
๐ข “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”.
๐ง๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ช ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฆ “๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐-๐ฅ๐๐”. ๐ช๐๐ฌ? ๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง?
๐ข “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.”
๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก?
๐ข “No, I don’t think I’m like that. I think that revengefulness is one of humanity’s worst characteristics.”
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๐ข “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.”
๐ช๐๐๐ง'๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ก ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ?
๐ข “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.”
๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ก ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐ก ๐จ๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐-๐จ๐ฃ. ๐ช๐๐๐ง'๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ?
๐ข “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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