For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.

I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.

Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.

Working pretty much nonstop as an artist, the hardest thing is to know what to do with yourself when you have some time off. You struggle with yourself to take a vacation.

I try to sing whatever the music makes me feel. And we play so much music from the other records at shows that I hope no one will miss the old style too much.

Sophomore records are historically really difficult.

I feel like there's a hunger in the culture now for the live experience maybe as a counterpoint to the more sort of synthetic lives that we've been living.

Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems from going to school for film first, and kind of stumbling onto music as my career.

It's insane how quickly everything's changed. I always feel like I'm running hard to catch up.

My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of kicks into gear.

It's almost embarrassing how well-behaved I was, which is probably why I do things like spit water on myself onstage as an adult.

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I'd rather die than live without passion.

When I was 11 I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin and my teacher told me I would make a great actor.

To practice magic is to be a quack; to know magic is to be a sage.

I do not object to the construction of rail roads and canals.

Life is a velvet crowbar hitting you over the head, youre bleeding syrup amour, bleeding to death.

I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is.

It's what's available to the poor communities. They do buy healthy stuff, you know, but the lettuce is usually iceberg lettuce and to get any taste, they have to use all that ranch dressing.

I'm very hard to catch," says Rue. "And if they can't catch me, they can't kill me. So don't count me out.

Drinks like this tend to get called Traffic Lights or Rainbow's Revenge or, in places where truth is more highly valued, Hello and Good-Bye, Mr. Brain Cell.