The World Motivation
My father was a very big musical influence on me. He was a trumpet player. And that's what I started with. Then, when I was 7, my parents introduced me to the piano.
“My father was a very big musical influence on me. He was a trumpet player. And that's what I started with. Then, when I was 7, my parents introduced me to the piano.”
My father was a very big musical influence on me. He was a trumpet player. And that's what I started with. Then, when I was 7, my parents introduced me to the piano.
The American Music Awards mean more to us; that's a people's award, and we're a people's band. The Grammys are the critics.
I like to see other bands, and I like to hear their songs, but I really like it when they engage the audience.
I grew up as one of the few Jews in Edison, and I had people tell me they hated me because of my religion.
The wild thing is that when I'm in the band, I can control my destiny with four other guys. As a composer sitting in the audience, you can throw good vibes at everybody, but you can't control anybody's destiny, so it's really unsettling.
Some years ago, I was introduced to Nicole Kidman and I curtseyed! I'm sure she doesn't remember but she looked a bit startled. You can't do anything about it once it's done but it's hard to recover from that.
My first scene was a streaking scene, I had to streak at a footy game, that's how I get introduced.
PUP introduced me to so much more amazing music. They really shaped my sound.
When I first met the world, basically, or introduced myself to people, I was in 'Superbad,' and I feel the same way I felt promoting 'Superbad' in an underdog style that I feel promoting 'Moneyball.'
Right from my first film, I've introduced several singers and lyricists to the industry.