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ðĒ “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.”
ðŠððð§ ððððĒðŠðĶ ðŽðĒðĻðĨ ðĶðĻðĨðĐððĐðð? ðŠððð§ ððĒððĶ ððĨðððĄ ðĻðĶð ððĶ ð ðððĶ?
ðĒ “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.”
ðŽðĒðĻ'ðĨð ððĒðĄðĶð§ððĄð§ððŽ ðĢððĨððĒð ððĄð ðððĐð. ððððĄ'ð§ ð§ððð§ ððð§ ð ððð§ ððĒðĨððĄð ððĒðĨ ðŽðĒðĻ?
ðĒ “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”.
ð§ðð ðĄððŠ ðĶððĄððð ðĒðð ð§ðð ððððĻð ððĶ “ððĄððĨð-ðĨðð”. ðŠððŽ? ðŠððð§ ðððĄð ðĒð ðĶðĒðĄð ððĶ ðð§?
ðĒ “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.”
ððĒ ðŽðĒðĻ ððĒðĄðĶððððĨ ðŽðĒðĻðĨðĶððð ð ðĨððĐððĄððððĻð ðĢððĨðĶðĒðĄ?
ðĒ “No, I don’t think I’m like that. I think that revengefulness is one of humanity’s worst characteristics.”
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ðĒ “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.”
ðŠððð§'ðĶ ðððð ðððð ðĒðĄ ð§ðĒðĻðĨ?
ðĒ “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.”
ðĢððððððĒ ðððĶ ððŦððĶð§ðð ððĒðĨ ððð ðĒðĶð§ ððĄ ððĄð§ððĨð ðððððð ððĄ ððĄ ðĻðĄððððĄððð ðððĄð-ðĻðĢ. ðŠððð§'ðĶ ð§ðð ðĶðððĨðð§ ðððððĄð ðŽðĒðĻðĨ ðĶðĻððððĶðĶ?
ðĒ “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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