Bert McCracken quotes
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“Put your arm around the buddy next to you. And if you don't have any friends, I'll be your best friend in the whole world.”
-- Bert McCrackenSource : "Scream it out loud: Cover Story". Statement to the audience at a concert, reported in Patrick Donovan, The Age, p. 2., June 3, 2005.
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“When my body gets so overexerted with energy, I just keep going and going.”
-- Bert McCrackenSource : "Rap, Rock, Metal Collide in Projekt Revolution". Bucks County Courier Times, July 30, 2004.
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“When people hear our record, they're not going to be able to put us into the 'New Metal' category or the 'pop-punk' category or the 'aggressive emo' category. I think people will be able to take it for what it is.”
-- Bert McCrackenSource : "Rising star reserves right to mingle on kids' level - Bert McCracken appears with the Used at X-Fest". Interview with David Lindquist, The Indianapolis Star, August 6, 2004.
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“If there is a God, he or she or it or whatever higher power there is is behind us so long as we're using our music in an inspirational way. I'm here for a reason, and I was given a talent, so I'll continue to try to use it.”
-- Bert McCrackenSource : "Who's your homeboy? To devotees of The Used, Bert McCracken is a higher power". Home News Tribune, p. E4, November 5, 2004.
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“I'll never be bothered if I don't have a hit because you look at the songs that are hits and they're none of my favourites. Just the fact that we do have fans waiting here, that's exciting enough.”
-- Bert McCrackenSource : "Second coming" by Stephen Downie, The Courier-Mail, May 20, 2005.
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“I just kind of thought about doing this my whole life. I never doubted myself once. I've always been singing, and I've always wanted to be on tour with a rock band.”
-- Bert McCrackenSource : "McCracken Had No Rock Doubts" by Eric R. Danton, The Hartford Courant, September 1, 2005.
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“Whether the color of your skin is black, white, yellow, brown or purple -- the extent of this tragedy is so incredibly devastating that we had to do something.”
-- Bert McCrackenSource : "Rockers Plug In for Katrina". Ventura County Star, September 10, 2005.
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“We definitely didn't want it to be anything like our first or second records. We wanted to experiment more than we ever had and take any new idea and run with it as far as we could.”
-- Bert McCrackenSource : "Band to Unleash New Album - 'Lies For The Liars' - on Reprise Records May 22nd and Join the Warped Tour for Select Dates This Summer". Market Wire (Associated Press), May 03, 2007.
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“No matter how many times people try to pick my lyrics apart ... nobody will really understand what these songs truly mean to me because I would rather not get into it.”
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“It's about being proud of who you are, being proud of your situation and just being stoked that things are always going to get better or always gonna get worse and that's such a great thing. Every day is a new surprise.”
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“Sometimes kissing is better than sex. Especially kissing someone for the first time”
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“We have this day to be alive. We better lay down and give up, or stand up and really make some worthwhile memories for ourselves. 'Cause we're not going to be alive forever”
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“The biggest thing I've learned is that you only have one chance. You only have today to live-but you gotta take it and make it the best you can”
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“We are the outcasts, we are the ones that are different, we are the ones that never got along with anyone else, we are the ones that went back to our rooms and put on our headphones and listened to those records that made us happy”
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“The only way to fall in love is to allow yourself to be vulnerable. The only way to dare to dream and making incredible things happen is to be vulnerable.”
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“When I hooked up with them I was still going to Narcotics Anonymous. But they were never into drugs. If it weren't for the band, I think I'd still be getting high.”
-- Bert McCrackenSource : "Meet Kelly Osbourne's Ex-Drug Addict Boyfriend". www.smh.com.au. February 19, 2003.
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