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Beer cans were flying all over the place and there were few moments when there wasn’t at least one crowd surfer flailing around.

Back then, No Doubt is what we needed. And what they’ve got now isn’t hitting the same spot. And maybe that’s because that spot isn’t there anymore. Maybe we have grown up and grown out of it. And maybe No Doubt should too.

“When you’re a young kid it’s kind of expected of you to be a rebel or a revolutionary, but when you’re 40-years-old and you still believe in these ideas... and you start reading these lyrics and I’m like, ‘Wow, I was kind of a naïve, innocent kid but there was something about what I was saying that made a lot of sense, and it still does’."

"There have been other genres that I’ve been trying to follow, but [I was] always leaning back. But then the last five or six albums I’ve done have definitely been in the direction of the music I really like listening to."

"I think overall this album is more cohesive, and I don’t want to be the band guy who says, ‘This album shows how much more mature we are’, but I think it is more cohesive."

“We try to make good movies that we would like to see, period. We just make sure that they’re appropriate for children.”

"In this day and age being categorized in some micro genre just comes with the territory.”

"Between us, we think we know what good music is and if we can help put good artists through our network, then there’s no reason why we shouldn’t."

“I was writing on and off. I’m always writing. I’ve written many, many songs over the past couple of years. Eventually, there was just a time where I realised I was ready to record.”

"I teach middle school in what you would call more of a projects kind of suburb, so these kids, they’re pretty young, they listen more to R&B and hip hop, not death metal. They think it’s cool, but I try to not focus so much upon it, because suddenly you’re the cool teacher and it’s… yeah."

"I think the US I have a love-hate relationship with. You drive through and have experiences and think, ‘What the hell is wrong with this country?’... I’m not complaining about it at all. As long as I’m sitting in a tour bus and playing somewhere, I’m happy.”

“I lived in Amsterdam for a little bit... and I was walking round the red light district and some other places and it was late at night and just the look in people’s eyes… There are so many stories."