I go with what I know and what I see, and I believe in reality. Matt Skiba More Quotes by Matt Skiba More Quotes From Matt Skiba As far as, like, the moon landing... did we go there? I believe so. Is it everything that we're told? I don't think so. Matt Skiba everythingthinkmoonbelieve 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 feelget-togetherfreedomtogether 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 loveddaygreensound Pennywise are legends and gentlemen and maniacs. Matt Skiba gentlemenlegendsmaniacs To worship the devil, you have to believe in it first. Matt Skiba youdevilworshipbelieve I think for us - and for a lot of people in the Church of Satan - we definitely like ruffling people's feathers and poking fun at organized religion a little bit. Matt Skiba thinkchurchpeoplereligion I don't think we're any more preoccupied by life and death or heaven and hell than anyone else, but it's fun to write about the inevitable - you're alive, and you're going to die. Matt Skiba dieyoulifedeath I miss the videos that are short films, back when MTV played videos all day. Matt Skiba shortmissdayback There was some real bad alternative - 'alternative' - stuff that came out in the '90s that's completely cringe-worthy. Matt Skiba outsomebadreal They're great players. I'm not a Blues Traveler fan, though. I get it, but it's not for me. Matt Skiba bluesplayersgreatme Jesus was not born on December 25th. There's carbon evidence of it. That freaks people out. Matt Skiba outdecemberbornpeople 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 banksomethinglikehate 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 wordsthinkculturepeople The very first show I ever saw was The Judds, and that influenced me to not play country music. Matt Skiba memusicplaycountry A cousin of mine was a graphic designer, and he took me as a kid to see Flesh for Lulu and Social Distortion in 1988 in Chicago. Matt Skiba minekidseeme They are one of my favorite bands and one of my first musical loves: Devo. Matt Skiba lovesfavoritebandsfirst 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 goodmeoceanangel We definitely like to write songs about darker things, but we like to think of it as a celebration of the evil ideas that run through everybody's head. Matt Skiba thingsthinkevilideas While I was in Chicago, I rode my bike everywhere. Matt Skiba everywherewhilebikechicago I've written songs about love or about a relationship, but never just, 'I love you.' Matt Skiba youi-love-youloverelationship
