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And playing music is no exception." </div> <bR> <div> "I think that we've always viewed Third Eye Blind as kind of a secret. Something we did ourselves cause we were excited about it." </div> <bR> <div> [while 3eb was introducing themselves] "I'm Elmer Fudd and I'm a comedian." </div> <bR> <div> Stephan responded to Brad: "It's having a party, Brad. It's like having no hassles from the man, you know. Cause that's what we want. We wanna have a good time. We wanna do what we wanna do without any hassles from the man." </div> <bR> <div> "I'm bemused by my stardom, but it's fun." </div> <bR> <div> "It's not just a song about some guy offing himself..."Jumper" is really about understanding. Everyone carries demons around, they carry some sort of scar around. The message of 'Jumper' is that there comes a time when you have to put the past away." </div> <bR> <div> Stephan talking about "Jumper" in concert: "This is probably the most depressing song we know how to play, but it makes us feel good to play it." </div> <bR> <div> Stephan was standing with Brad on VH1 Music News talking about the Woodstock Festival where they played Aug. 16th. Stephan says " Woodstock, it's over, it's gone, look, here's Woodstock, see there are hippies driving a Range Rover and they've got the top up so the air conditioning is on, so the patchouli stays dry." Go figure. </div> <bR> <div> "I don't think you need to know what you want either, you know why? Because you are young, you are strong, and you are horny and NO ONE can stop you!" </div> <bR> <div> Stephan was reading an interview of him in 'Georgia Straight', and he didn't remember saying anything in the text. He said "Hey... I remember this guy... he called me up at like 2 A.M. and started interviewing me. I fell asleep on him so he just made it up... some people will do ANYTHING for a story." Stephan kind of frowned and threw the paper on the table. The interview said stuff like "Semi-Charmed Life is about being down in the slumps with no job and proper future and stuff like that..." CRAP! </div> <bR> <div> "There were such rigid confines when we were coming up. To play guitar badly seemed like a requirement, and there was like this lyric handbook where you could only talk about industrial-strength self-inposed angst, which you sang while you looked at the ground. That's not what we wanted to do." </div> <bR> <div> "It sounds bright and shiny for a reason. That's the way crystal meth feels. It's a sunny-disposition drug. It's supposed to sound attractive because the song is about the allure of a decadent lifestyle. But it's also a cautionary tale. There are real consequences to the choices we make. Doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break." </div> <bR> <div> "On the road, I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't eat dairy. I lead a healthy life. And here I have the drug song of the season." </div> <bR> <div> "Mean what you say, and feel what you mean." </div> <bR> <div> "F.ck f.cking, get down and dirty!" </div> <bR> <div> "I see rock music as the best example of modern day storytelling that exists in our society. Song are narratives that help the listeners cope with the reality of life that can't be easily spoken about in everyday conversation. It is a hugely powerful process of helping people find themselves through music, defining their own identity and expressing their rebellion in a society that lacks real ideas or emotions." </div> <bR> <div> On some of the lyrics on the album... "They can be raunchy and graphic, but they're not sensationalistic. The album is about things we've lost and things we could never get. Maybe it's my character flaw that I'm always pulled between those two points." </div> <bR> <div> "I think music should hit you in the gut. As 'Semi-Charmed Life' certainly does." </div> <bR> <div> "The music's about reconciling yourself to things you've lost, things you've blown." </div> <bR> <div> "You people are my folks, I belong with my folks." </div> <bR> <div> "People ask me 'Well what do you want Stephan?' and I tell them 'I have no f.cking idea." </div> <bR> <div> "When we play 'Good for You' we're f.cking playing 'Good for You' for real. We don't cover our songs. I'd like to be less self-conscious." </div> <bR> <div> "On the surface, I'm a very cheerful person, but deep down I just love that dark winding road. I relate well to things being grim." </div> <bR> <div> "We have confirmed faith that 3EB fans are the most kick ass people on Earth. Walk like kings all of you!" </div> <bR> <div> "F.ck the government." </div> <bR> <div> "This song came as a big suprise to us -- we've said this before -- we didn't think it was gonna get played on the radio at all. 'Cause it's a dirt[y] little song about having sex! And taking drugs! I guess it just goes to show that you're all a bunch of dirty little perverts." </div> <bR> <div> "I don't advocate drug use. I don't advocate anything. People should think for themselves, but they should definitely think." </div> <bR> <div> "Success -- all it takes is all you've got." </div> <bR> <div> "Basically touring for a year is like being on a sit and spin and we become a little bit dizzy, a little bit drunk on that. Yes, I suppose so, but we're still all about playing music and reaching people through music. I think it's something we feel blessed to be able to do.We're very greatful for it and we wanna keep it growing." [from vh1 hard rock live] </div> <bR> <div> [On the album's 14 songs]"I really like them all. These songs are our little babies." </div> <bR> <div> "The great thing about playing live is that I have no fear at all, that's a great feeling." </div> <bR> <div> "It's been a lot of stress for me and I'm not handling it very well, Producing is a big responsibility. Time is marching upon me. This morning I woke up at 4:30. It's wearing me down. I'm looking forward to going on tour. That'll be like a vacation. The tour manager will tell me where I need to be and I show up there, that's that." </div> <bR> <div> "We want people to step out of the confines of their minds and be with us in the world we create." </div> <bR> <div> "The most significant thing is the personal connection we have with the audience when were on stage,I really look into the eyes if the audience." </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>