Nobody starts a band to make friends; you do it because of the music.
Youth is so cynical. There's never anything to believe in as a teen.
You can't help hearing things that are popular when you're young and impressionable.
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.
I never understood the low art/high art distinction.
Everyone tries to research your background. I have a real fear of celebrity and exposing my real self.