I like to write pop songs and the stuff I write is fairly poppy, so I thought maybe my lot in life was to write pop songs for people. It never felt right writing songs for other people to sing, though.
AARON BRUNOMy first attempt at real music was when I was 13. My first signed band was when I was 21; that failed. I got another deal at 26; that failed, and then I was broke.
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You got to head north. It’s always about going north, you know?
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My drummer is my favorite drummer in the world, and he also happens to be the funniest person you’ll meet.
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Never let your fear decide your fate.
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Let’s say I’m at a party and I don’t like the feeling I’m getting, I’ll just leave. Why do I have to be there?
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I don’t think we’ll really know what’s going on until we enter the next dimension and all that.
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I’ve always found it pretty difficult to write a happy song. Since I was a kid, when I pick up my guitar it’s been hard for me to write some sort of bubblegum lyrics. It’s not really ever been my route.
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Some people are more affected by, I hate to use the word “success,” but I don’t know what else to say, but some people are more affected by that than others.
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I have a lot of questions and I don’t have that many answers. So what better place to exercise those thoughts than the lyrics, I guess.
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The older I get, the more I realize that you don’t have to be around people you don’t want to be around, and you don’t have to be in a situation you don’t want to be in. You have the power to rise up and leave.
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I really love music and I want to make it better the best I can.
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There’s a bunch of songs that I call B-sides on the record that you could argue could maybe have some potential commercial success with another artist, but for me, they just felt really whack.
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I’ve had the same core group of friends that I’ve always had. We’re surfing, so that definitely keeps you grounded.
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My point is I’m kind of an outlier. For whatever reason, the success still blows my mind – that I’m able to talk to people about the music I’ve written.
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I don’t know that I can say what exactly love means to me because it would be hard to put that into perspective.
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Coming from heavy music too, it’s really hard to have heavy music not sound too butthead-ish or jock-ish, and there’s a fine line between Limp Bizkit and Nirvana – there’s a fine line there, and it’s terrifying.
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