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It's so easy to hate something. It's harder to genuinely appreciate something.
Zachary Cole Smith
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Zachary Cole Smith
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: November 7
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I don't think fear necessarily is a core human emotion, but I do think fear of death is something that is at the core of every person's existence.
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I don't know if there's anything that would surprise people, because I don't think that anybody knows anything about me at all. There's not much out there. I think I'm going to come out with a pretty dark and troubled record, and it might upset some people.
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Recovery culture teaches you that you have to repent. I don't think that's necessary.
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Three years between records is longer than average. Double albums are much more of a statement. I really wanted to put myself out there as much as I possibly could.
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You can't show somebody what it's like to experience loss, but you can soundtrack it and help them experience their own loss. I am so lucky to have this venue to be able to say and talk about all the stuff I've been through.
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For me, it's always been important to have the live band be one thing, and the recorded band be kind of another thing.
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When I read about myself and how writers have focused on negative stuff, it hurts my feelings.
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To be told that you're the voice of your generation is such an incredible amount of pressure, and I haven't faced that. Maybe by the time our third record rolls around, I will. My goals are to be a band like that in five years. At the moment, though, I can't really relate in any sense to the scale that Kurt Cobain fame has reached.
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I had to have the record literally taken away from me. I am such a perfectionist.
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I am super-interested in fashion. I love being a person whose clothes get discussed. That makes it more interesting for me.
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I wanted to show a different side of ourselves. I wanted to see in what ways I could explore something new. I felt like working on a double record would give people a lot to have.
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There's a lot of stuff that I've been through in my life in the past couple of months that I don't really want to share with people who are close to me, but I have no option if it's my art.
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