❣️𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐎 ❣️

✨ Last tuesday was the 𝟐𝟑𝒓𝒅 anniversary of the release of 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's emblematic album "𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑰'𝒎 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈". For this reason, today I want to share with you an 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 about this album that I found while I was preparing my posts. It is curious that there was only the text and no details of the source or who did it, even so I cons ider it a 100 percent real interview. I'd never read it before and maybe you haven't either, so here you go dear soulmates. I hope you enjoy reading it. 😊

Photo credit: Kevin Westenberg

❣️𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐎 🚬 ❣️

𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 (𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴/𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳), 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘵 (𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘴) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘭𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭 (𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵/𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵). 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒 𝘩𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦́ 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘭𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸, 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥.


𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘐’𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯. 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘖𝘭𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰. 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦-𝘶𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘥𝘬𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴. 𝘚𝘰, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘐’𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘖𝘭𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭.


𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘻𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘴, (𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘵) 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘥𝘬𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 -- 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘐’𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐’𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 -- 𝘯𝘰 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘴, 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦. 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺 -- 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 ‘𝘵𝘪𝘴, 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 45 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥.

 Photo credit: Kevin Westenberg

📍𝐒𝐨, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬, 𝐞𝐡?

It’s not really a question of comfort it’s more a question of boredom. (𝑬𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓.)


📍𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫?

Yeah, its just...it’s having to justify yourself to a total stranger..I’m not very comfortable with the idea that people have opinions about you without having met you. Most people have decided that you’re a total wanker or that, (𝒈𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒚) you are a god. And I, yeah I have a hard time coming to terms with the idea of having to justify yourself to a total stranger -- and a lot of it has to do with the British music press, they’re all a f*cking bunch of ... nasty sharks. They’re very, very sensationalist. Very jealous and very, very bitchy.


📍𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦?

I’d thought we invented it. Not so much in the music industry. It’s a particularly British disease. I find that musicians are treated with more respect in most countries outside of England. The UK is the only place where you find people who expect, well, people who think that they’re more intelligent than you, that they know better than you do.


📍𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 -- (𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒆. 𝑰 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕, 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕.)

Yeah, in England, in London they’re so incestuous, they’ve such a small scene that they, well--if the journalist’s girlfriend thinks you’re cute, then you’re f*cked. Or like, if you spill his drink once at a gig--you’re f*cked. It’s like that really.


📍𝐒𝐨, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐓𝐕 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫, 𝐞𝐫 -- 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞? (𝑯𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆, 𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉. 𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆, 𝑰’𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 -- 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑽𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕.) 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 --

Cool. (𝑯𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒕, 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕.)


📍𝐖𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝. 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫? 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐨, 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. (𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰’𝒎 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚 ‘𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈’.) 𝐒𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 -- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 -- 𝐈’𝐦 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐈’𝐦 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐲’𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐞’ 𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐃 𝐬𝐨 𝐟*𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 -- 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫, 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈’𝐦 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐃 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 -- 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐈 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 -- 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 -- 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝, 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐲’𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰. (𝑫𝒖𝒎𝒃.)

It does feel that way sometimes, like there’s a magic that occurs with the three of us, a synchronicity when we’re together. The band was brought together by a series of really strange coincidences and happy accidents.


📍𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 --

Oh yeah, there’s an unspoken, sort of organic connection in the group which enables us, our songwriting process to be incredibly fluid and it’s very natural, things come together incredibly quickly.

Photo credit: Kevin Westenberg

📍𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧, 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 -- 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲? 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬 -- 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲? 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 ... 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞.

It’s very intimate with us, and our personal lives -- we share all of our secrets with each other, we’ve nothing to hide, we spend so much time together, just the three of us, and we have to be each other’s confidantes.


📍𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐯𝐨𝐝𝐤𝐚 & 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲?

Yeah -- vodka. It’s a bit early, but what the hell. You drinking vodka & cranberry?


📍(𝐬𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠) 𝐡𝐡𝐦 𝐡𝐦𝐦 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤. 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 --

it’s okay really.


📍𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 -- 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬.

There’s always been a confessional quality to what we’ve done but it’s really, really increased on the last album. And it gets like, like I start feeling sort of pathologically compelled to air my dirty laundry in public.


📍𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐬 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 -- 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞, 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤, 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞. (𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒚 ‘𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅’?)

Okay.


📍(𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒆, 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒎𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒅, 𝑰 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒅. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏, 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒕.) 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞, 𝐮𝐡, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 --

Are you really? (𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄.)


📍𝐔𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲. 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 -- 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐛 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭. 𝐒𝐨, 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 -- 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥?

Not at all, it’s very literal. It was a very dark period of my life. I mean, and yeah, the song is essentially about a choice, about a breakdown between two romances. One with a person, and one with the ... with a substance.


📍𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐢𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭? 𝐎𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬? 𝐄𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠. 𝐀𝐧𝐝, 𝐮𝐡 --

Well its being comprehensive, artistically, that is very very important to me. But that song, well both romances, were tragedies for me, and both well, almost led to death really.


📍𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡.

Personally I’ve -- yeah, they both spur on the other and each person just keeps feeding it, and you don’t want the other person to stop really. And you can’t --


📍𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟*𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐞. (𝐈𝐭 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞...) 𝐖𝐨𝐰, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞? (𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈)

It’s alright, really. But yeah, the only way to really get out of the substance abuse, if you want to at that time -- is to break the relationship --- and it is, it was, a very painful experience. You know, that song is the, well, the one that is kind of closest to the bone, and I’ve never really been that naked before, lyrically. It’s very difficult to talk about. And, I always have to watch what I say. That’s why I asked if I could write--- Oh yes, well everything I’ve said so far is okay. Good. Well, thankfully I did, uh, for my own protection I knew that I had to get out before it became a problem. I’ve a great deal of responsibility first and foremost to Steve and Stephan. And well, Steve has a daughter and these things, as we spoke about, these things have a domino effect with the three of us, y’know, it goes a long way, the synchronicity. I had to stop for me...too, and to protect the band. It’s very important for me not to f*ck up. I’ve always been, see, in a way, a lot of my life has been about things like that, like breaking down taboos for myself. And uh, a lot of my experience growing up has been based on doing -- on transgression and doing what is forbidden, and that is, y’know, it’s almost like the last taboo.


📍𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐄𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨, 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐲𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝.

Yes, and I’ve had problems, hang ups with depression, a lot of emotional problems in the past and it’s taken me a long time to get to that point where I don’t need a crutch.


📍𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨?

It’s my life now. The band is too precious to f*ck up. And I’d never been responsible before for anyone’s attempted suicide and well, that was very difficult for me to deal with. That song, I just, well it sort of vomited itself forward, it had to be written. It happened while we were demo-ing the second album and that song wrote itself about a week after the fact. Basically it really really affected us in a very big way, all of us. (𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅.) Uhh -- can we move on?


📍𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐮𝐡𝐦, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

It’s okay.

Photo credit: Kevin Westenberg

📍𝐀𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐞. 𝐒𝐨, 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?

Yeah. He heard our demo, and well -- we’ve performed live with him at the British music awards and we played at his 50th birthday party.


📍𝐌𝐚𝐧, 𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭’𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐮𝐡, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐲𝐧𝐲 -- 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

My god yes, that has been the highlight of my career so far. What was he like to work with? Singing with him was absolutely incredible and he’s always been very natural with me. A friend really. So after those experiences with him, you two still communicate? He’s like a mentor. I can call him and talk -- and he’ll talk with me about anything actually.


📍𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐦, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞, 𝐲’𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐞, 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤, 𝐞𝐭𝐜., 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠?

Acting was my first ambition really. I’d gotten three degrees and I miss it. Doing that film was fantastic.


📍𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?

Yeah.


📍𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠?

Any chance I can get to act, of course if it’s something that I’m really interested in , I’m going to do it. I love film, really, I always have. But Placebo will always be first and foremost. Always.


📍𝐃𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨?

They’re really more focused towards music artistically. (𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒓, 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒖𝒑.)


📍𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 ‘𝐛𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫’ 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.

In England there is an old saying, if you’re prepared for something, that you, well, you will be boxing clever with the devil.


📍𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 -- 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐈𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬, ‘𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞’ (𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒔, 𝒏𝒐--𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑰’𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒗𝒐𝒅𝒌𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅.) 𝐇𝐨𝐰’𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝?

No. (𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚. 𝑾𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔.)


📍𝐎𝐡 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨, 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞? 𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭’𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐫, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 --

No, I uh, well, I’m not really dressed and I don’t even have my makeup on.


𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.✪


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