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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 think who I am as a person on and off the stage is always kind of the same thing, but I don't take a lot of things very seriously. Matt Skiba
Seriously Same Thing Stage Think On And Off Kind Take Always Am Lot Off Very Person Same Who Thing Things
Orange County encompasses a large area that has a lot of Alkaline Trio fans. Matt Skiba
Fans Trio Area County Lot Orange Orange County Large
I'm the die-hard that still goes out to buy records. Matt Skiba
Buy Out Records Still Goes
Long before punk entered my life, I loved scary films and stories. Matt Skiba
Life Punk My Life Long Before Films Entered Scary Stories Loved
I haven't eaten an animal in over twenty years! Matt Skiba
Animal Eaten Over Years Twenty
Making your band your career just seems like a pipe dream when it's not happening, and when it does, it seems so surreal. Matt Skiba
Band Dream Seems Like Does Making Surreal Pipe Just Happening Your Career
I think I'm a man about the things I need to be a man about, but I get paid to play, pretty much. I do what I love for a living, and I also get to build BMX bikes in my spare time. Matt Skiba
Love Time Man Build Living Think Be A Man Pretty About Also Get Spare Spare Time Bikes Much Paid Play Things Need
The Devil is fun. Matt Skiba
Devil Fun
With Alkaline Trio, we are who we are. We never really feel too confined, but when we get together, there is an Alkaline Trio sound, and when I go off and do something on my own, there is an element of freedom that I don't have with the Trio. Matt Skiba
Freedom Together Own Too Trio Something My Own Never Feel Sound Go Off Get Get Together Confined Really Who Element
We were fans of Green Day and Nirvana or whatever, but the bands we really loved were Chicago bands that didn't really sound anything like Alkaline Trio. Matt Skiba
Day Fans Whatever Nirvana Trio Like Sound Were Chicago Bands Green Green Day Anything Loved Really
They're great players. I'm not a Blues Traveler fan, though. I get it, but it's not for me. Matt Skiba
Great Me Though Get Blues Fan Traveler Players
Jesus was not born on December 25th. There's carbon evidence of it. That freaks people out. Matt Skiba
People Evidence Out Freaks Born December Carbon Jesus
The Ramones all hate each other, and they did it for decades. I wouldn't be able to do that. That would be like working at the bank or something. Matt Skiba
Hate Other Ramones Would Would-Be Able Something Like Decades Did Bank Working Each
I think people hear the words 'transcendental meditation' and 'paganism,' and that's almost worse because it's real. Those are real things. Those are absolute energies. Satanism is like Halloween. Transcendental meditation and having a realization of how we really are - whether we want to be or not - we live in a pagan culture. Matt Skiba
Culture People Words Halloween Live Think Meditation Worse Those Having Absolute Almost Like Because How Real Hear Transcendental Want Energies Whether Realization Really Pagan Paganism Things
I go with what I know and what I see, and I believe in reality. Matt Skiba
Reality Believe See Know Go
For me, it's about eating a bunch of fruit and exercising, which opens up the creativity, makes it easier to give ideas a chance and bubble to the surface. I'm no angel, but it helps me, as does hiking, heading to the ocean to catch some waves - for me, sweating it out is definitely good for the creative process. Matt Skiba
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While I was in Chicago, I rode my bike everywhere. Matt Skiba
Everywhere Chicago Rode While Bike
I'm in Alkaline Trio; I guess I get to rip off myself. I give myself permission. Matt Skiba
Myself Guess Rip Trio Give Permission Off Get
My parents have always been very supportive. But now that I play in Blink, all of my parents' friends are so jazzed that it makes my folks excited. Matt Skiba
Parents Folks Excited Supportive Makes Blink Always Been Friends Very Now Play
I have never played in a ska band. Matt Skiba
Band Never Played
Never had a mullet. Matt Skiba
Never Had
All of my HH Jags have Ducati stickers on 'em. Matt Skiba
The Church of Satan was something, aesthetically, that we were always really fascinated with and wanted to emulate. I think it's a good look. Matt Skiba
Good Satan Church Think Something Look Emulate Always Aesthetically Were Wanted Really Fascinated
We've had kids come to our shows and ask us why we hate Jesus. It's like, 'Well, we don't hate Jesus at all. We just think religion is silly, and it's a really popular thing, but that doesn't mean we have to agree with it.' Matt Skiba
Religion Hate Think Our Kids Silly Had Come Like Well Just Mean Ask Us Really Agree Popular Shows Why Thing Jesus
I went through some pretty rough patches in my life, and I've come out of them a stronger, more inspired, and energetic person. Matt Skiba
Life Stronger My Life Out Some Pretty More Inspired Through Come Person Patches Energetic Them Rough
The feeling that you want the listener to get, you should get yourself when you first hit that chord, and that melody comes to mind. Matt Skiba
You Yourself Mind First Feeling Melody Hit Get Listener Want Should Chord
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