Ed Kowalczyk

When I was a kid, my aunt coached me a little bit for choir, and what she taught me actually stuck with me. She basically taught me to sing from my diaphragm and not from my throat. ”

Part of being an artist is that you want to express yourself to as many people as possible. But you don't want to exclude anyone. ”

I always thought it odoriferous for people to go about trying to pummel others with their ideas. ”

When you accept the way things are, there's really no other way to operate than the way you've been conditioned to. You live in America: you're free to vote, you go vote, and you continue to see the problems of being a nationalistic society. You don't really know what to do because you're conditioned to feel that's just the way things are. ”

Those first big concerts we played as 'Throwing Copper' started to really reach people worldwide - I think we played our first big arena show at the George Estate basketball arena down in Atlanta. I remember showing up and standing on stage and just being like, 'I can't believe this is going to be full of people. This is huge.' ”

All of my favorite artists who inspired me were never afraid to be uncool and never afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeves - no matter how much flak they took for it. ”

To make music that means something, you kind of have to drop the cool. You have to be prepared and willing to be uncool. ”

I think 'cool' is overrated. ”

We've always been a band that questions things. ”

We've been slighted in the press for being heartfelt. ”