Dicky Barrett Quotes

"If it was an overnight success, it was one long, hard, sleepless night."

None of us are in jeopardy of dying from drugs, you know, and that seems to exist in other bands. It was kinda the reason why we called the album Don't Know How to Party two albums back, was because of this. We are beer drinkers and enjoy a good time, (but I) certainly couldn't say that we partied like the Chili Peppers compared to what those guys did (laugh).

I wore all this plaid shit to the shows, and this is at a time when no one came to our shows so we were kinda amusing ourselves and a handful of our friends. This club and next door, at the Rat, you know, I'd show up and they'd be like "what the @#$%& are you wearing?" and it just got in the band. So, I think that it's kinda more symbolic now of the type of music we play, and the kind of...

I think I work hard which is not bad. I come from a working-class family, and I think that was my lot in life. That I ended up doing what I'm doing now. I'm so grateful for, and I don't take it for granted. I knock on wood every chance I get and thank my lucky stars.