So, if you see me stumbling... sweaty, looking both tired and anxious at the same time, maybe a little more confused than usual, or forgetting lyrics yet looking happy( which is weird for me), please know that I have not fallen off the wagon, i am just learning how to be the new me.

Art Alexakis

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I've always cared about the world. That's never been an issue. But with learning how to smile, it's been learning how to feel comfortable within my own skin, and to feel accepted, and to feel empowered, and to feel worthy.

issues skins world

You dont 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.

I have a pet peeve about bands that don't play their hits. I thin... by Art Alexakis

I have a pet peeve about bands that don't play their hits. I think it's kind of selfish.

selfish play thinking

People's perceptions of me have nothing to do with reality. I'm b... by Art Alexakis

People's perceptions of me have nothing to do with reality. I'm basically just your average dork.

average reality people

My goal is to make my kids as happy as possible. by Art Alexakis

My goal is to make my kids as happy as possible.

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.

rocks singers people

Do not trust anybody but yourself. If people want to help you, fine. Put it on paper and understand exactly what every word says.

paper want people

If you cant say it in three minutes, I dont want to know about it... by Art Alexakis

If you cant say it in three minutes, I dont want to know about it.

minutes three want

Santa Monica was a big song, and I always knew it would be radio friendly. But its not a defining song for me, though for a lot of people it is.

friendly song people

The world's most effeminate heterosexual, Daniel Johns by Art Alexakis

The world's most effeminate heterosexual, Daniel Johns

I think the fact that Napster is stealing recorded music is something that we have to stop. It's taking money out of my kid's mouth. That is the way I look at it. It's inherently wrong. It's stealing.

kids looks thinking

I grew up in a family full of yellers. People screaming and chaos goin' on, I feel right at home in it. I've really worked on myself with anger management. I try to save that for the stage.

home trying people

Forgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western... by Art Alexakis

Forgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western males. It's a sign of weakness.

males weakness men

I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film schoo... by Art Alexakis

I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.

acting want school

For the most part, I don't like people who soapbox. by Art Alexakis

For the most part, I don't like people who soapbox.

Being a parent is not just about how you treat your child; it's also about how you treat the other parent. If you treat that person with respect, that's fine, that's the way to go. But if you don't, you're not being the parent you could be.

parent children way

I loved hard-rock bands, and I loved songwriters who told stories... by Art Alexakis

I loved hard-rock bands, and I loved songwriters who told stories.

rocks band stories

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.

regret people past

I just wanna be a rock star! by Art Alexakis

I just wanna be a rock star!

rock-star rocks stars

Living isn't a simple thing...no one said it's supposed to be. by Art Alexakis

Living isn't a simple thing...no one said it's supposed to be.

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