Art Alexakis Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“I try to talk about things I know about. But my characters are more of a combination of people or how I imagine people would feel.”

“I'd actually like to make a country album one day. One of my idols is Neil Young, because he's kept himself from being bored.”

“I'm constantly working, even when I'm at home.”

“I'm not a politician. I'm not running for office. I can say what I think.”

“I've always loved aggressive, hard, noisy, yet melodic bands, and at the same time I've always loved 'Blue' by Joni Mitchell.”

“One of the things about being a boy, especially growing up without a father, is you really don't have that role model to teach you how to do things.”

“People have had the idea to do a '90s alternative tour for a long time. I didn't come up with that; I was the first guy to basically say it was time.”

“I like people who tell stories. I like storytellers. A lot of my songs are misconceived as being auto-biographical when they're not because I write in the first person.”

“I think I write very good songs. But I don't know if anybody could record my songs with as much fervor. They sound good sung by me, and they especially sound good with my band.”

“I'm a 50-year-old guy making music for over 20 years. I've been writing songs since I was 20, so it's really been 30 years, and it's always been personal, but I've always told stories.”