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Nate Ruess
American
Musician
Born:
Feb 26
,
1982
Me
Music
People
Think
Time
You
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We love a good, hyped sound, but when it starts to sound insincere, that's when I lose interest. I hope that our music, even if it sounds polished, doesn't sound insincere.
Nate Ruess
Love
Hope
Music
Good
Lose
Starts
Our
Our Music
Insincere
Hyped
Polished
Sound
Sounds
Interest
Even
We grew up listening to alternative music from the '90s, and there was no shame in being on a major label and still making the music you wanted to make. I feel like rap rock came around and drew a line in the sand, and everybody that was like me ran away from that and started making indie-rock.
Nate Ruess
Music
Me
You
Listening
Everybody
Ran
Rap
Drew
Shame
Feel
Major
Like
Major Label
Make
Alternative
Around
Rock
Making
Still
Came
Line
Label
Up
Being
Wanted
Grew
Sand
Away
Started
The Queen and Electric Light Orchestra harmonies are so distinct and fit in our songs so well sometimes, but we don't know how to do them properly.
Nate Ruess
Queen
Sometimes
Light
Harmonies
Our
Distinct
Properly
Songs
Know
Well
How
Fit
Orchestra
Them
Electric
Electric Light
I knew how touring was for 10 years, but it's completely different now that things are popping off.
Nate Ruess
Touring
Knew
How
Years
Off
Different
Popping
Now
Things
I picked up 'The Hunger Games' thinking it was written at my regressed reading level. I've spent hours reading it, and I'm not even halfway through. Our bass player, whose name is also Nate, ended up reading all three novels and loved them.
Nate Ruess
Three
Reading
Thinking
Bass
Bass Player
Our
Spent
Hunger
Hunger Games
Through
Picked
Written
Name
Hours
Also
Halfway
Up
Ended
Loved
Them
Games
Even
Novels
Whose
Level
Player
Lately I've been falling asleep listening to 'Common One' by Van Morrison, specifically the song 'Summertime in England.' It's 15 minutes long, so to make it through the entire song is a real task unto itself, but Van has that emotional payoff that makes even his most tiresome songs more powerful than most people's entire catalog.
Nate Ruess
People
Song
Listening
Long
Lately
Summertime
Van
Minutes
Entire
More
Through
Emotional
Catalog
Songs
Powerful
Most
Unto
Make
Makes
Real
Falling
Been
His
Itself
Than
Task
Common
Tiresome
Asleep
Payoff
England
Even
Specifically
I don't have a Twitter or a Facebook, but that doesn't mean I'm any more productive than the rest of the world.
Nate Ruess
Facebook
World
Rest
Twitter
More
Than
Any
Mean
Productive
My girlfriend is a fashion designer. She has her own company called Rachel Antonoff. She is doing a collaboration with Urban Outfitters right now, a shoe collaboration with Bass. She sells to Barneys, stuff like that.
Nate Ruess
Fashion
Own
Bass
Collaboration
Girlfriend
Stuff
Like
She
Doing
Sells
Shoe
Urban
Company
Fashion Designer
Now
Her
Right
Designer
Well, the crazy thing for me is I think out of anything that's happened in the last year, all the success, people always ask what do you guys do with the money? I don't think they realize we're not really making any money.
Nate Ruess
Success
Me
Crazy
You
People
Money
Year
Think
Out
Guys
Well
Always
Making
Any
You Guys
Anything
Happened
Realize
Ask
Really
Thing
Last
Last Year
It's the coolest part about writing music. I don't know how other people work, but so much is derived from some amalgamation of all these different songs that I love. That's why they jump all over the place.
Nate Ruess
Work
Love
Music
People
Writing
Other
Some
About
Songs
Part
Over
Know
How
Jump
Different
Place
Much
Derived
Coolest
Why
Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man!
Nate Ruess
Time
Me
Man
Sense
Think
Channel
Our
Hey
Booth
Van
Vocal
Vocalist
Tacky
Point
Had
Around
Making
Were
Front
Candles
Influence
Biggest
Dorky
Which
Biggest Influence
Really
Vinyl
Album
Copy
Last
Needed
My dad dragged me to a Bruce Springsteen concert as a kid. It was my first concert, but I fell asleep in the middle. My second concert was Weezer on the 'Pinkerton' tour, and 'Pinkerton' is the reason why I'm doing this.
Nate Ruess
Me
First
Kid
Bruce
Bruce Springsteen
Tour
Fell
Concert
Doing
Springsteen
Middle
Asleep
Reason
Dad
Why
Second
Dragged
In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.
Nate Ruess
Way
City
New
Like
York
Any
New York
Different
Subtle
Even
Night
Running in Central Park is my favorite thing to wake up and do. I have my own specific path that I have to run every single time. There's a little bit of OCD involved, but I love it.
Nate Ruess
Love
Time
Wake Up
Path
Single
Own
Every
Every Single Time
Bit
Favorite
Run
Favorite Thing
Running
My Own
Park
Involved
Single Time
Wake
Up
Central
Central Park
Little
Little Bit
Specific
Thing
I prefer to connect with fans from the stage. Like, I don't have a Twitter page, or anything like that. So for me, that's what the show is about. For me - is a way to interact with fans; being up onstage and showing them, through music - which is all I really know - the best way to say thank you.
Nate Ruess
Music
Best
Me
You
Fans
Thank You
Stage
Twitter
Way
Say
Best Way
About
Onstage
Through
Like
Know
Up
Thank
Interact
Being
Anything
Which
Prefer
Them
Really
Page
Show
Connect
Showing
If you can make the song a soundtrack to what you're living at the time, I think that's the most important part of a song.
Nate Ruess
Time
You
Song
Important
Living
Think
Part
Most
Make
Important Part
Soundtrack
The Most Important
I don't want to be known for anything other than writing songs.
Nate Ruess
Writing
Other
Songs
Known
Than
Want
Anything
Lyrics have become so dumbed down nowadays. People don't want to have to think about lyrics anymore, they just want to be told something. Until these great things started happening with us, I'd really given up on reaching people like that.
Nate Ruess
Great
People
Great Things
Become
Down
Nowadays
Think
Lyrics
About
Something
Given
Like
Until
Reaching
Up
Just
Want
Anymore
Happening
Us
Really
Things
Started
I feel like the rap metal at the end of the 1990s destroyed rock music for everybody and suddenly everybody felt like they had to apologise for being in rock bands. People suddenly felt bad about wanting to reach massive audiences and the sense of theatre, that we have in our live show, became something to avoid.
Nate Ruess
Music
Theatre
People
Sense
Live
Everybody
Our
Destroyed
Rap
Bad
About
Something
Had
Feel
Like
Reach
Massive
Became
Felt
Metal
Rock
Audiences
Rock Bands
Rock Music
End
Bands
Being
Wanting
Apologise
Show
Avoid
Suddenly
I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play instruments. Although, I always find it annoying when he does play an instrument.
Nate Ruess
Family
Uncle
Musical
Broadway
Kind
Find
Somewhat
Had
He
Annoying
Instrument
Instruments
Knows
Although
Does
Always
How
Came
Dad
Play
Even now, when I try and think of band names just randomly, I'm so thankful that 'fun.' is the name of the band. I never really think twice about it. It is so simple and so easy.
Nate Ruess
Thankful
Simple
Try
Band
Think
Randomly
Easy
About
Never
Name
Names
Just
Really
Fun
Even
Even Now
Now
Twice
I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we were on the fringe of losers and jocks. So we invited all the cool kids to come watch us play in our bass player's brother's bedroom. And it was terrible, but everyone thought we were so cool.
Nate Ruess
Thought
Band
Think
Bass
Everyone
Our
Kids
Brother
Crummy
Invited
Come
Terrible
Bedroom
Were
Losers
Covers
Bunch
Fringe
Did
Us
Really
Cool
Whole
Play
Watch
Player
I'm not going to lie. I check the iTunes charts. It's all about the iTunes charts. I only go on the Internet for the iTunes charts and basketball blogs.
Nate Ruess
Lie
Internet
About
Only
Charts
Check
Go
Blogs
iTunes
Going
Basketball
I worry that if I enjoy something - like the songs on 'Some Nights' are about wondering about who you are. I'm never quite sure and I'd hate to feel sort of content and get a good sense of who I am because if I know one thing, that's not me. I don't mind not necessarily being happy about it. And that's fine.
Nate Ruess
Good
Me
You
Happy
Hate
Mind
Sense
Enjoy
Nights
Worry
One Thing
Fine
Some
About
Something
Good Sense
Never
Songs
Feel
Like
Know
Sort
Sure
Content
Because
Am
Get
Wondering
Quite
Being
Being Happy
Who
Thing
Necessarily
But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.
Nate Ruess
Art
You
People
Long
Possible
Stuff
Liking
Heard
Want
Create
Apologize
Creating
Your
Many
Start
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