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Matt Skiba
Matt Skiba
American Musician
Born: Feb 24, 1976
Band First Me People Think You
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I don't personally feel that I've lost my fire. Matt Skiba
Fire Lost Feel Personally
Rock n' roll is the Devil's music. Matt Skiba
Music Devil Rock Rock-N-Roll Roll
I was a bicycle messenger when Alkaline Trio was formed as a way to make ends meet before the band became a career, and I've just always been a cyclist - I BMX'd, and then I got really into - through messengering - I got really into road bikes and fixed gears, which I still have. Matt Skiba
Bicycle Before Band Meet Way Gears Trio Through Road Make Messenger Became Always Got Still Been Fixed Just Ends Which Formed Bikes Then Really Cyclist Career
There is sort of an unspoken 'no skateboarding' clause on tour that I break pretty often. Matt Skiba
Pretty Clause Tour Unspoken Sort Often Break Skateboarding
At an early age I told myself I would never quit skating; I would never quit riding BMX and being a motorcycle junkie. I just can't stop doing those things. Matt Skiba
Myself Motorcycle Age Those Would Never Never Quit Doing Quit Just Stop Being Skating Riding Things Early Early Age
As a kid, I took piano lessons, and I didn't like it. It wasn't cool. I was into Duran Duran and rock music. I didn't have any interest in piano. I did it for three years, and because of piano, I learned percussion. I learned scales. I learned how to sing. Piano gives you all of the basics of those things. Matt Skiba
Music You Three Took Kid Those Scales Gives Percussion Piano Piano Lessons Like Sing Learned Because Rock How Rock Music Years Did Duran Any Interest Cool Lessons Things Basics
Being a drummer definitely influences how I play guitar. And then piano influences drumming and vice versa. Matt Skiba
Guitar Vice Versa Definitely Piano Drummer Drumming How Versa Being Influences Vice Then Play
The really smart conspiracies are the ones that explain, 'This is why this is plausible,' not, 'This is what happened.' If it makes sense and if it's possible, I'd investigate it. Matt Skiba
Smart Sense Possible Conspiracies Investigate Makes Happened Explain Really Why Plausible
For Alkaline Trio, Chicago is our hometown. The band started there. Even though we all live in different cities now, we still call Chicago home, and it's always really exciting to come back and play for our best crowd. Matt Skiba
Best Home Band Live Back Our Though Cities Trio Crowd Exciting Come Call Always Still Chicago Different Really Even Now Play Hometown Started
With every inch of my energy, I wanted Fyre not to happen. I put all the electricity and energy in my body against that thing happening. Matt Skiba
Energy Every Put Wanted Happen Happening Against Body Inch Electricity Thing
Glasgow is one of my favourite cities. Matt Skiba
Cities Favourite Glasgow
I've been to the Bahamas before, and it's so crass. You land in Nassau, and the whole island is replete with beauty and culture, but there's a lot of poverty. It is a largely black population; then they build these places like Atlantis and The Cove that are walled off. Matt Skiba
You Culture Black Poverty Beauty Build Before Bahamas Like Island Been Lot Off Replete Places Land Then Whole Population Largely
When George W. Bush was up for re-election, we took part in Rock Against Bush. Matt Skiba
Took Part Re-Election Rock George George W George W. Bush Up Against Bush
My parents are both war veterans; they met in Vietnam. They were involved in a war that they absolutely disagreed with. Matt Skiba
War Veterans Parents Met Both Absolutely Involved Were Vietnam
There are things about this country that are horrible; there's things about this country that are beautiful. I've been almost everywhere, and there's nowhere else I'd rather live. Matt Skiba
Beautiful Country Live Else Everywhere Horrible About Rather Almost Been Nowhere Things
I dropped out of arts school because I didn't wanna stare at a computer all day - I get headaches. Matt Skiba
Day School All Day Out Computer Dropped Headaches Because Get Arts Wanna Stare
I'm a bookworm, so I read about a book a month. Matt Skiba
Book Month About Read
Fear is sort of like jealousy. It's an unnecessary emotion. Matt Skiba
Jealousy Fear Unnecessary Emotion Like Sort
Touring with Blink helped introduce people to Alkaline Trio who otherwise wouldn't have ever heard of us. Matt Skiba
People Otherwise Introduce Trio Touring Blink Heard Us Who Helped Ever
To be in touch with death, and the darker side of life, makes the lighter side more enjoyable. Matt Skiba
Life Death Side Darker Touch More Lighter Makes Enjoyable
Heaven and hell are something that people create to make some people feel guilty and other people like myself laugh. Matt Skiba
Myself People Some People Hell Other Guilty Laugh Some Something Feel Like Make Heaven Create
When we're on tour, we try to keep our voices sharp. We get up there and put on the best show we can. Matt Skiba
Best Try Our Voices Tour Put Sharp Up Get Show Keep
I'm from the MTV generation. Matt Skiba
Generation
Death isn't something that should necessarily be glorified, but I also don't think it's something that people need to be afraid of. It's just the way it is. There's nothing we can do about it. Matt Skiba
Death People Nothing Think Way About Something Also Glorified Just Afraid Should Necessarily Need
Creating a record on my own and deciding who plays and how the songs were structured, it was fun to do. Matt Skiba
Own Record My Own Structured Songs How Were Deciding Creating Who Fun Plays
I first heard of Ulver reading the 'Lords of Chaos' book. Matt Skiba
Book First Reading Chaos Lords Heard
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