A biography for John Gourleyhasn’t been written yet.
“You can never really know what a record's going to be.”
“I like the challenge of writing music without being the coolest guy or band in the room.”
“Music is something that you really have to want to do it, and there has to be a reason behind it.”
“Mental health is personal for our whole band. As touring musicians, self-care can quickly become make it or break it on the road.”
“The whole band is from Alaska. It's like growing up anywhere else.”
“We've always done what we do, and we go out and try and get better with each record we make.”
“I've never been to a beach party before. We have gravel-pit parties in Alaska.”
“Great musicians need great producers. The Beatles had George Martin.”
“I would watch 'Sesame Street' and see neighborhoods and kids with other kids to play with, and I just didn't have that. You know, we were on a lake. We just didn't have that stuff.”
“To me, sci-fi has the most amazing style.”
“We pride ourselves on being a touring band. We work very hard to give a great and unique performance.”
“As much as we love an excuse to dress up, the red carpet is not the place.”
“Basically, great directors know how to combine music with the scenes that they are working on.”
“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.”
“There's no making art for art's sake. You've got to make the best art you can.”
“There's something about Detroit, man: there's a serious vibe there. It could be that blue-collar, working-class-mentality person who lives out there. There's just something about it. It reminds me of Alaska. Texas has the same thing. Detroit is a little heavier than both.”
“Poor Ron Paul. He means well. He really does. But there's something about him. I don't know what it is. From falling victim to Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno to that old-man shuffle, he just seems like kind of a... like kind of a sissy.”
“I feel like rock n' roll has become very tame.”
“It's so perfectly Alaska to be like, 'Dad we're going to the Grammys,' and for him to be like, 'Oh, well that's great, Johnny. All right, gotta go back to work.'”
“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.”