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Art Alexakis
American
Musician
Born:
Apr 12
,
1962
About
Like
Me
People
Think
You
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When some people get angry, they turn into victims, but when I get angry, I turn to action.
Art Alexakis
Angry
People
Some People
Action
Some
Get
Victims
Turn
My goal is to make my kids as happy as possible.
Art Alexakis
Happy
Kids
Possible
Make
Goal
Do not trust anybody but yourself. If people want to help you, fine. Put it on paper and understand exactly what every word says.
Art Alexakis
You
Trust
Yourself
People
Word
Every
Paper
Says
Exactly
Fine
Exactly What
Put
Understand
Anybody
Want
Help
You don't 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.
Art Alexakis
Life
You
Car
Drive
Control
Takes
Go
Where
Wants
Need
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.
Art Alexakis
Music
Writing
Guy
Songs
Over
Since
Always
Making
Been
Years
Personal
Stories
Really
I lived in Portland for almost 20 years, and that's where my eldest daughter went to college. I missed the sunshine. I grew up in L.A.
Art Alexakis
Sunshine
College
Daughter
Almost
Missed
Years
Up
Where
Grew
Eldest
Lived
Portland
My frustration has always been that I'm a Christian, but I don't buy into, never have bought into, the belief that Jesus and God are these men who just dictate that this is how you have to live your life or you are going to burn in hell.
Art Alexakis
Life
Buy
God
You
Frustration
Men
Hell
Live
Christian
Never
Bought
Always
How
Been
Dictate
Going
Just
Burn
Your
Who
Belief
Jesus
I'm not a politician. I'm not running for office. I can say what I think.
Art Alexakis
Politician
Think
Say
Running
Office
I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.
Art Alexakis
Better
School
Films
Like
Make
Want
Acting
Film
Film School
Filmmaking
I saw Cheap Trick play 'In Color,' and it was awesome.
Art Alexakis
Awesome
Saw
Trick
Color
Cheap
Play
I love Australia! I got a boot thrown at me there.
Art Alexakis
Love
Me
Boot
Thrown
Got
Australia
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.
Art Alexakis
Success
Love
Myself
Me
Living
Able
Support
Make
Being
I like Nirvana, but I couldn't say that I was influenced by them. I like to tell a story.
Art Alexakis
Say
Nirvana
Tell
Like
Influenced
Story
Them
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.
Art Alexakis
People
Try
Characters
Would
About
More
Feel
Combination
Know
Talk
How
Things
Imagine
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.
Art Alexakis
Work
Me
People
Regret
Past
Honestly
Say
One Thing
About
Never
Talk
Done
Ashamed
Ask
Really
Hard
Twice
Thing
Things
That's what I think our jobs as parents are, to educate as much as possible... I tell them to follow their bliss. The people who follow their bliss in this world tend to be the more happier people.
Art Alexakis
People
World
Parents
Think
Our
Possible
Tell
Jobs
Follow
More
Tend
Bliss
Educate
Happier
Them
Much
Who
I wish I could come home to a life that looks like a TV show. I wish I could see my television family waiting for me, where no one fights and no one screams, no one lies and no one leaves.
Art Alexakis
Life
Home
Family
Me
Waiting
Wish
Television
TV
TV Show
Lies
See
Could
No-One
Come
Like
Looks
Leaves
Where
Show
Fights
People's perceptions of me have nothing to do with reality. I'm basically just your average dork.
Art Alexakis
Me
Reality
People
Nothing
Perceptions
Just
Dork
Average
Your
Basically
A lot of people do not like singer-songwriters, and a lot of people who like them do not like hard rock. It's either-or.
Art Alexakis
People
Like
Rock
Lot
Them
Hard
Who
Hard Rock
I think The Police made five great records and then called it a day. They went out on top.
Art Alexakis
Day
Great
Police
Made
Think
Top
Out
Records
Five
Then
If you live in L.A. long enough, you get into having a cool car.
Art Alexakis
You
Car
Long
Live
Enough
Having
Get
Cool
My favorite drive is Highway 101 in California between Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo. I love the 101; Highway 1 is too windy, and 5 is too boring - the 101 is just right. It's like the Mama Bear of scenic drives.
Art Alexakis
Love
Drive
Too
Favorite
Boring
Angeles
Windy
Bear
Scenic
Drives
Between
Highway
Like
California
Los
Los Angeles
Mama
Just
San
Right
I'm a 'Power of Now' kind of guy, always have been. I don't really hang on to a lot of pictures. I have pictures of my daughters.
Art Alexakis
Power
Kind
Guy
Daughters
Pictures
Always
Been
Lot
Hang
Really
Now
About one or two songs per record is me doing a little bloodletting.
Art Alexakis
Me
One Or Two
Record
Per
About
Songs
Doing
Little
Two
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.
Art Alexakis
Music
Me
People
Arrogant
Kind
About
Obscure
Songs
Like
Most
Always
Hear
Been
Bands
Hits
Want
Fan
Little
Skeptical
Them
Really
Play
I loved hard-rock bands, and I loved songwriters who told stories.
Art Alexakis
Songwriters
Bands
Stories
Loved
Who
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