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๐ข ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฃ: [Leans forward with a conspiratorial grin.] “Are you trying to tell us something?“ [laughs]
๐๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ฃ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐๐?
๐ข ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ: “In the past I think we may have been guilty of putting the lifestyle before the music. Now the focus is on doing what we do to the best of our abilities. And when you've managed to do that, then you can reward yourself and go a bit crazy. As long as you've got enough time to get over it before the next show. We don't want to let each other down, or the fans, even though maybe we never did let them down by embracing the rock lifestyle. Maybe it's what we needed to do. But then our capacity for consumption was far greater than it is now. As soon as you hit 25, hangovers completely change.“
๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ?
๐ข ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฃ: “Living as if there's a tomorrow. There's a great Chinese proverb: Live as if every day is your last, and as if you're going to live for another 100 years.“
๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ช ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ ๐๐ฌ-๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐จ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐?
๐ข ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ: “You're not the same person you were when you were 22. You're 22 years old, you've been on welfare, and now you've got a record in the charts, money, people paying attention to you for the first time. You're going to go absolutely fucking apeshit. But then comes the post-coital depression. And that was 'Without you I'm nothing'. That's waking up after the party. You look around at the debris, and the memories come back. You feel ashamed and you place your head firmly against the pillow and go, "Oh, no ... Why?"“
๐ข๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ '๐ฆ '๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐' ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ “๐๐ข๐'๐ฆ ๐๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ. ๐๐'๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ.“ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐, ๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ช๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ช๐๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ'๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ?
๐ข ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ: “Yeah, my older brother. [laughs.] I was raised a born-again Christian. I have my life over to Jesus when I was 11. I took it back when I was 14. But that stays with you for a long time. I remember my mother saying, "When Jesus knocks at your door, it's your choice to open the door or to leave it closed. And Jesus will knock for a while, but then your heart will become hardened and he will leave." And the song can be about that, or it can be about not letting someone else into your heart.“
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๐ข ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ: “I don't talk about our music with my mother, but she is proud of me. I think the song would have more of an effect on my dad. He tried to dissuade me from pursuing any artistic endeavours whatsoever. He ignored me for most of my life, and then wanted to be my friend when success came along. I think he studies the songs more. And I think he probably gets the message.“
๐ง๐๐๐ง'๐ฆ ๐๐ก ๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐๐๐ง๐.
๐ข ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฃ: “It's shit.“
๐ข ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ: “But that's dysfunctional families for you. And it made me the person I am today. The fact that my mother was extremely religious and my father was a businessman made me forge my own identity at a very young age.“
๐ช๐๐๐ง, ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ข ๐๐ก๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฅ?
๐ข ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ: “You hit the nail right on the head. I was being primed for the ministry. My leadership qualities were recognized and I had private Bible studies with the pastor.“
๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐ช๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฅ '๐ฆ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ง๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐', ๐ง๐๐๐ก? ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ'๐ฉ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ฅ๐จ๐ก ๐๐ช๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ .
๐ข ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ: “The song tells you to be an individual, believe in yourself and have the courage to chase your dreams. If you do, the rewards at the end are tenfold versus doing what your parents tell you to do. Get a good job, get married, have 2.4 children, 1.2 goldfish, 3.6 cars ... To a lot of people, that's the epitome of personal success. Which is why so many people get through a mid-life crisis. People reach a point in their lives and go, "Is this it?"“
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๐ข ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ: “Very much so. At the time of 'Without You I'm Nothing', I made a lor of bad lifestyle choices. Steve and a couple of other close friends had to grab me by the scruff of the neck and go "You're my friend, I love you. We depend on each other. You've really got to" - like the song says - "change your situation, otherwise you're not going to be on the planet for much longer." I was very lucky to have those people around me.“
๐ฆ๐ข ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ช๐๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐๐ก๐...
๐ข ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ: “Come back. You're worth more than this.“
๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐ข ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ก๐ง ๐ช๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ข๐๐ก ”๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐”, ๐ง๐ข ๐ค๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ก'๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฅ – ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ช๐๐ข ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ณ?
๐ข ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ: “The world does not need another rock-and-roll casualty. Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin - we don't need more casualties like them. I refuse to let that happen. It doesn't mean I'm stronger than they were, but I just have this picture of myself as an old man, getting together with Stef and Steve at the age of 60. Not playing music, but sitting down and going, "Do you remember ... ?" So far my premonitions have been correct.“
(Alternative Press, August 2001)
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