Art Alexakis

“I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.”

“The thing I love about Myspace is it's a safe place where I can talk to fans every day.”

“I have a pet peeve about bands that don't play their hits. I think it's kind of selfish.”

“I saw Cheap Trick play 'In Color,' and it was awesome.”

“I want to walk inside a Van Gogh sun, and see a better world all different and new.I want to live where there are no shadows, of all those stupid things we both know that we used to do.I want to walk inside a Van Gogh sun, I want to see the world exactly like you do.I want to live where the past doesn’t matter, Whatever it takes I will never give up on you.”

“I'm a 50-year-old guy making music for over 20 years. I've been writing songs since I was 20, so it's really been 30 years, and it's always been personal, but I've always told stories.”

“Forgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western males. It's a sign of weakness.”

“I do like my sugar at night, but I try to keep it to a minimum.”

“When some people get angry, they turn into victims, but when I get angry, I turn to action.”

“I think Everclear is a weird combination of a singer-songwriter and a hard-rock band. That's why some people really dig the band, and some don't.”

“For the most part, I don't like people who soapbox.”

“People's perceptions of me have nothing to do with reality. I'm basically just your average dork.”

“I'm a pretty tenacious person; I get that from my mom. So sometimes, I use dark humor. I can't take myself too seriously.”

“I'd actually like to make a country album one day. One of my idols is Neil Young, because he's kept himself from being bored.”

“I like Nirvana, but I couldn't say that I was influenced by them. I like to tell a story.”

“I loved hard-rock bands, and I loved songwriters who told stories.”

“Maybe I'll work for a label someday, write some fiction, nonfiction. Someday I'd like to go back to school and get my teaching degree. I want to be a grandpa. I want to have more kids.”

“Being a child that grew up with a single mom back in the '70s, Father's Day to me was always a very uncomfortable time. At school, we would make Father's Day cards for our dads, and I usually mailed one to my dad, and he hardly ever responded.”

“I like acting when I can pick my own roles, and I do. It's fun. I like being creative, and it's a creative process.”

“One of the things about being a boy, especially growing up without a father, is you really don't have that role model to teach you how to do things.”