But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees. |
I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience. |
I just wanted to move out of Portland to do something. |
I mean people just have a way of - y'know they'll review your record in two sentences and put you in this little stupid box that you don't want to be in. |
I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members. |
And I'm not trying to write heavy songs. |
There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I can't do by myself you know. |
If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy. |
I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel. |
There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing. |
I didn't know how many people knew who Ferdinand was. |
It's a lot easier to tell the truth usually. |
I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record. |
I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records. |
It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years. |
I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place. |
Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else. |
It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning. |
The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun. |
I didn't have a hard time making it, I had a hard time letting it go. |