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I moved to Naples, Florida, and by 15 I was into punk: Green Day, Rancid, NOFX, Operation Ivy. Along with the classic punk bands, like the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Misfits, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat - all those bands that you get into when you're first getting into punk.
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My father was stationed in Italy in the military. I had no one to feed me what was cool, so I was into Guns N' Roses and New Kids on the Block and MC Hammer and a lot of '80s hair bands. But I was never into Motley Crue, they never stuck with me.
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At 20, I was married, working as an auto mechanic, and living in Gainesville. I was doing Against Me!, but it wasn't by any means a full-time gig.
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I just always knew that's what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a musician. I never had any doubts.
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What people don't realize when they talk about our lineup changes is that the original Against Me! broke up in 2001. It never recorded a full-length record.
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It's not like I came out in 'Rolling Stone' and all of a sudden I had a closet full of all the clothes I want.
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If you look at the difference between the first Clash record and 'Combat Rock,' what an evolution.
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I was married for like seven, eight years. And then coming out of that I was like, 'Okay, now what? I guess I would like to date? That's a reasonable thing. I'm allowed to have that!'
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Trans people should be able to fall in love and sing love songs too, and have that be just as valid. You turn on the radio and every other song is some guy singing about some girl who broke his heart, or vice versa. And there's not a lot of trans representation with that.
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My whole identity is not gender. My whole identity is not talking about gender. There are so many other things in my life that are fulfilling that I like to think about too.
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To know that the people who are singing along at your show actually have something in common with you and can identify with what you've gone through, makes the songs that much more meaningful to sing.
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I sleep with a notebook next to me, and most nights I sleep with my guitar next to me.
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My least favorite thing about being in a band is photo shoots and video shoots. I like writing songs.
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I have gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia. I don't like to see pictures of myself.
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I've gotten to do some really amazing things, gone to some really amazing places, and just have some really unique experiences. And if I have one regret looking back it's that - not a regret even, because I think that's kind of labeling depression as something you can control - but I just wish I would have been able to enjoy it more fully.
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I think the hardest part for musicians is what a wide gulf of time there is between when you decide to sober up and when you have the ability to navigate being social and having relationships and being in a band and having friends while sober.
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Manic depression in general is something that runs in my family, and it's something that I battle with.
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For most people who are transitioning, surgery isn't really a financial reality. So to place these goals of 'in order to be happy with my body, I must do this thing' is really damaging to yourself.
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I want to write songs, and I would like to play and sing them. I'm not a politician; I'm not a comedian. I hate coming up with bits to do between songs.
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In a perfect world, in my opinion, 'they,' 'them,' and 'theirs' would be the pronouns that everyone would use.
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The first record we made, we recorded and mixed in a day. The second record was recorded and mixed in a week. The third was recorded and mixed in a month, and 'New Wave' was mixed and recorded in six months. It was an epic project.
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Every artist has the song where they say, 'I wish I could have written a song as good as this,' but they don't feel like they've done it yet. It pushes you to evolve.
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A lot of what keeps me going is wanting to be better, thinking I'm not good enough.
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When I'm on tour, people see me in one way, but in normal life I doubt people even recognize me.
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I guess I get a little impatient and frustrated when people ask what 'Manic Depression' is about.
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As an artist, you're just observing the world around you. So much is overwhelming and it's all so inescapable that it can't all speak to general cultural statements.
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Saying to someone 'I'm a transsexual' is the most empowering thing I've ever felt in my whole life.
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I want to be an involved parent in my daughter's life and do the things that other parents do, like go to the PTA meetings.
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I dealt with depression for my whole life. That's not something that was caused by being trans.
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That's one of the biggest fears a lot of trans people have if they decide to come out, that they're making themselves unlovable and that they'll never have a relationship again.
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I had some real health complications with my HRT - hormone replacement therapy.
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Maybe you don't know who a person is just based on the way they dress. I know that's a really simple thing you're supposed to be taught really young, but sometimes you can forget.
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The period of time between when you're done with a record and when you start touring is the worst period of a time in a musician's life.
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I just want to play shows and write songs and make music. That's what feels good.
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I'm a musician and I listen to music all the time. If there's something out there where someone would tell me that I should listen to, I would listen to it.
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The idea of Ryley Walker not ever listening to Leonard Cohen is like me going out to dinner and them telling me that they've never had spaghetti or whatever.
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Fred Durst gave my first wife a tattoo of a star on the bottom of her foot when she was 14 years old in his trailer home. So that was my first introduction to Limp Bizkit.
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It would be weird enough just being in a band trying to date. It makes it harder being a parent. And it makes it really interesting when you're trans.
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The key to being a great band that lasts is always going to be making sure you write really good songs and put on really good shows.
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