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You can never predict a hit.
My first concert was Pantera.
It's OK to fail once in awhile.
To me, sci-fi has the most amazing style.
I feel like rock n' roll has become very tame.
Levis are my go-to. Plain crew necks and jeans.
We started playing music because of the Wu-Tang Clan.
I feel like every album we make, that's our debut album.
Getting nominated for a Grammy is as high as it gets for us.
We grew up in Alaska and will rep The North Face all day long.
Being robbed is a really great way of editing your belongings.
The whole band is from Alaska. It's like growing up anywhere else.
The Alaskan summers are one of the most amazing things you can see.
Great musicians need great producers. The Beatles had George Martin.
As much as we love an excuse to dress up, the red carpet is not the place.
As a songwriter, it's good to have criticism, and I like objective opinions.
I love Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who are from New Zealand, living in Portland.
Miles Davis and Felonious Monk, they're both great artists who enhance things.
There's no making art for art's sake. You've got to make the best art you can.
I've never been to a beach party before. We have gravel-pit parties in Alaska.
'Feel It Still' came around pretty much as organically as you can put a song together.
I'm just not into the shady side of the music industry. Give credit where credit's due.
I like the challenge of writing music without being the coolest guy or band in the room.
Growing up, the only acts that came to us in Alaska were the big ones. The Mariah Careys.
It's really hard to escape where you were brought up. Not that I would ever want to escape it.
Basically, great directors know how to combine music with the scenes that they are working on.
The worst gift I have ever gotten on Christmas is going to see Tim Allen in 'The Santa Clause.'
Nike is obviously more sporty than Adidas. I always associate Adidas with Beastie Boys and Run-DMC.
I want to share music that we grew up with for this generation, the music my parents shared with me.
We pride ourselves on being a touring band. We work very hard to give a great and unique performance.
I've always been into thrifting. I'm a fan of finding unique pieces and having them tailored or altered.
The reason I got into music was obviously because of bands like The Beatles and Pink Floyd, things like that.
There are some athletes who I feel like are just looking for likes, and then there are people who are just real.
If you don't have negative experiences, you have no way to gauge the positive ones, and you have no way to deal with it.
It's silly to me to not be positive about rock advancing and growing. Really, we just want rock n' roll to be mainstream.
We have an amazing job. We get to travel around the world and experience different cultures and just learn so many things.
Whether it be tour posters, album packaging, videos, stage design, etc., the visual aspect of music is very important to us.
Mental health is personal for our whole band. As touring musicians, self-care can quickly become make it or break it on the road.
You can't just be a rock star by rehashing things you've seen or done before. Bring something new, which is what hip-hop does best.
My dad just decided that he wanted to race sled dogs, and when he did that, he took us out of Wasilla, and we never really went back.
I think there are really great movements happening in Portland. It's nice being in a place that supports itself and stands on its own.
I've never been the type of person that puts things on a shelf or, like, needs to clean my sneakers every day. I just wear what I like.
Portugal. The Man, to me, doesn't have any real ties. We try to change things up with every album, really progress, and let things happen.
Portland is where all the fringe groups went to escape. Where the outliers brought that DIY, punk rock attitude and made the city their own.
When I was in high school and first starting to drive by myself, I listened to Wu Tang in the car, and I recognized their soul and R&B roots.
Portugal is like Ziggy Stardust. The period is there, so you know that it's not the country, it's Portugal. The 'Man' states, 'He's the man.'
My dad builds houses, and, for the earlier portion of my life anyway, we moved around quite a bit. It took us to some just really amazing places.
We went to Japan and stayed an extra day just to go shopping. New York is one of those places where we never get that. If we're there, we're working.
I bought a book with guitar tabs and forced myself to learn. I would go to school and then come home and sit in my room for hours figuring out the songs.
My favourite piece of music is actually 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' as a whole. For me, it's the most perfect and brilliant example of rock song writing.