Quotes from Art Alexakis

Being a musician, especially at the major label where you work for so long, it becomes a cycle. Write a record, make a record, tour. It's just this cycle, and I don't think there's any life built into it with time to assimilate what's going on in front of you and what's going on in your head.

I think Everclear is a weird combination of a singer-songwriter and a hard-rock band. That's why some people really dig the band, and some don't.

I've always kind of been a little skeptical about bands that won't play their hits. That's really arrogant to me as a music fan. I do want to hear obscure songs, but like most people, I want to hear the hits, so we always play them.

Success to me is being able to do what I love, make a living at it and to support myself and the ones I love.

Being a parent is not just about how you treat your child; it's also about how you treat the other parent. If you treat that person with respect, that's fine, that's the way to go. But if you don't, you're not being the parent you could be.

I saw Cheap Trick play 'In Color,' and it was awesome.

I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.

You dont have control of the car, but you can drive it. Life takes you where it wants you to go and where you need to go.

If you cant say it in three minutes, I dont want to know about it.

Do not trust anybody but yourself. If people want to help you, fine. Put it on paper and understand exactly what every word says.

For the most part, I don't like people who soapbox.

I don't talk about my past; people ask me about it. I've done things I'm ashamed of, but one thing I can honestly say is that things I've done that I regret, I've never done twice. I work really hard at that.

As a songwriter, I do kind of look at 'Santa Monica' as a thing outside of itself, because it isn't just my song. This is a song a lot of people tell me is a part of their high school or college years. That means a lot to me.

I loved hard-rock bands, and I loved songwriters who told stories.

The thing I love about Myspace is it's a safe place where I can talk to fans every day.

Being a child that grew up with a single mom back in the '70s, Father's Day to me was always a very uncomfortable time. At school, we would make Father's Day cards for our dads, and I usually mailed one to my dad, and he hardly ever responded.

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

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 like older people; I think older people have a lot of flavor.

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.

I grew up in a family full of yellers. People screaming and chaos goin' on, I feel right at home in it. I've really worked on myself with anger management. I try to save that for the stage.

When some people get angry, they turn into victims, but when I get angry, I turn to action.

Any artist manages his own business along with his manager. Every band should.