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"No, that's Cat Stevens..."
Interview with Ed on the Italian newspaper "La Repubblica". Nothing terribly new, but I loved this bit, which I translate:
"The hardest thing about being a dad was radically changing my lifestyle, he tells tormenting his beard. I have been a slave to rock and roll for decades, to it and to anything other slaves have done, written, played, and sung. Then I became a father and had to take a step back. It would be irresponsible to go out every night, drink, smoke, and go to concerts until dawn. Kids demand attention. You no longer have a month, a week, or a day to write a song. You have an hour. You put them to bed, then work hard, and in the morning you sing them a new song while you take them to school. Once I saw my 3 year old daughter who was dancing in perfect solitude, a beautiful and mysterious dance to Into the Wild. It was one of the greatest emotions I ever experienced. The other was when she was two. My girlfriend was in the car with her mother. She turned on the radio, my mother in law asked: "Is it Eddie singing?". The little girl from the back seat answered: "No, that's Cat Stevens". And she was right! Now I have another daughter to educate to music. She is almost a year old and she was born the same day as Bruce Springsteen, John Coltrane, and Ray Charles (September 23). That's a good start, isn't it?"
"The hardest thing about being a dad was radically changing my lifestyle, he tells tormenting his beard. I have been a slave to rock and roll for decades, to it and to anything other slaves have done, written, played, and sung. Then I became a father and had to take a step back. It would be irresponsible to go out every night, drink, smoke, and go to concerts until dawn. Kids demand attention. You no longer have a month, a week, or a day to write a song. You have an hour. You put them to bed, then work hard, and in the morning you sing them a new song while you take them to school. Once I saw my 3 year old daughter who was dancing in perfect solitude, a beautiful and mysterious dance to Into the Wild. It was one of the greatest emotions I ever experienced. The other was when she was two. My girlfriend was in the car with her mother. She turned on the radio, my mother in law asked: "Is it Eddie singing?". The little girl from the back seat answered: "No, that's Cat Stevens". And she was right! Now I have another daughter to educate to music. She is almost a year old and she was born the same day as Bruce Springsteen, John Coltrane, and Ray Charles (September 23). That's a good start, isn't it?"
... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
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I am enjoying the interviews done in other countries more than my own country.... seems like journalists here in US don't know how to ask the right answers or at least making them feel comfortable enough to open up like that?
Hahaha... he's right, though. It's not easy being a dad and playing music for a living. No matter what people say, kudos to EV for trying to balance his life with work and family. It's not often that I read about musicians talking about how difficult it is to balance life and being in a rock band.
People assume that they got it really easy.... try it yourself.
He'll see that it will get easier when the girls are much older!
Thanks for the interview, meme - how about updating it in Kat's "Echoes" interviews?
EV: It's your band.
~Q Magazine
"Kisses for the glow...kisses for the lease." - BDRII
I'm not around enough these days... what's that?!
No problem... if it wasn't for your thread, I wouldn't have known about this interview! Been a while since Kat updated her first post, I think.
It's in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=104752
EV: It's your band.
~Q Magazine
"Kisses for the glow...kisses for the lease." - BDRII
Once I get out of this town
9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
★ 2009 - Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Christchurch ★
★ 2011 - EV Newcastle, Melbourne 1, Melbourne 2 ★
That's hilarious.
You are welcome, Mrs. Vedder 78
Its almost like a rewarding feeling, at least that's the way I feel when any of my sons (I've 3, ages 10, 8 and 5) hear Pink Floyd, Zepellin, specially AC/DC, or Nirvana on the radio and ask me to turn it up and then they sing along...I find myself thinking.. "we are teaching them well"
indeed you are.
the day my daughter came to the realization that 'the Beatles are amazing' melted my heart.
Thanks for pointing that out to me, went right over my head! I love to figure out significant numbers too, I love how he has turned that into an EV. Means so much more to me now.
I like how Ed calls Jill, his girlfriend but he calls her mother, his mother in law. Could be lost in translation.
Thanks for posting, I would have never read the other thread, not enough time.
Exact same thing.
My son is 9 and went through a "kidz bop" phase a couple of years ago. I cringed, and explained to him what's wrong with (exclusively) commercial music. He's recovered
The other day he asked me if we could go to a Nirvana concert some day :(
I am proud of that time when he re-told the story of the Who to his dad: Keith and John have died because they were reckless with drugs and abuse them. Luckily, Pete and Roger made it through and are still with us
Actually, I translated "compagna" with girlfriend. Perhaps "partner" would have been a more accurate translation. But yeah, he did call her mom "MIL"
I too enjoy reading these interviews from other countries.
P.S. Mrs. Vedder 78 sounds like you have some cool kids!