It's frustrating that people attribute something to certain songs and that's not what they're about at all.
You want to reach people on a real level and have a fan base that understands you.
There's so much to be said for making your guitar sound like a synthesizer and try to make your drummer sound like a drum machine.
You can't help hearing things that are popular when you're young and impressionable.
I have a real problem with rock music because it seems that lineage doesn't really exist.
The live experience and the recorded experience are totally different. When you're recording an album, you won't be able to immerse people in sound. When you play live, you want to grab people on the visceral level. They're completely different.