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It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years.

It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin.

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Quitting

Right

It's a lot easier to tell the truth usually.

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Truth

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.

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Fun

There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing.

Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I don't think anybody does.

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Idea

Public

I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?

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Talk

My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record I was totally shocked.

I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience.

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Experience

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.

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People

Want

I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.

I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record.

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Trying

If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.

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Guitar

Play

I like home recordings and studio recordings just as much as each other - I don't think one is better - but for this record I wanted to see what I could do in a real studio with real producers.

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