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I want to live on a tour bus for 6 months at a time. I want to play shows in different towns, different states, with different bands to different crowds. I want people to tell us we are the worst band on the bill, I want one person to tell me we are their favorite band. I'd kill for just one person to think we are so good and actually cool enough to sign their copy of our cd. I want to eat ramen noodles one month while on tour, and the next be able to afford eating out every night. I want our tour bus to get a flat in the middle of nowhere and us get behind schedule because we had to fix it. I want to inspire one person, just one person, to want to play an instrument and start their own band. I want to fuck up countless times in the studio, and finally nail that one part. I want to see europe from various stages all over the continent. I want to open for great bands, I want to play shows with great and not so great bands. I want to give our cd to that one kid in the crowd who can't afford one, but shows up to every show. I want to throw shirts in the crowd and hopefully they wont have a chance to hit the ground. I dont want a million dollars or a huge house, the experience is priceless.
-nakoa
“I don’t think people are willing to go there. That place where true inspiration comes from is the source of all light and all dark. For some people, maybe it’s scary in there, or they haven’t learned to let it go and they let their ego get in the way. Not that we don’t have egos, but in music you really try to let it go. It’s truly sacrificing yourself and your personal stuff for something higher and bigger than yourself. That’s what a lot of bands don’t do. That’s why bands don’t last that long. That’s why bands don’t evolve. That’s why bands don’t continue to make their music vital. That’s why bands break up over petty bullshit. If they’re truly dedicated, the music will overcome all that crap.â€
- Steve Von Till from Neurosis
"The world is like a ride at an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly colored and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question: Is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, 'Hey – don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride ...' And we ... kill those people. Ha ha, 'Shut him up. We have a lot invested in this ride. Shut him up. Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account and my family. This just has to be real.' It's just a ride. But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter, because – it's just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead, spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace. Thank you very much, you've been great."
-Bill Hicks
"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may just never be enough;
Give the world the best you have anyway."
- Keith Kent
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