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One of the things about being a boy, especially growing up without a father, is you really don't have that role model to teach you how to do things.

From Art Alexakis

Being a parent is not just about how you treat your child; it's also about how you treat the other parent. If you treat that person with respect, that's fine, that's the way to go. But if you don't, you're not being the parent you could be.

From Art Alexakis

When some people get angry, they turn into victims, but when I get angry, I turn to action.

From Art Alexakis

I'm a 50-year-old guy making music for over 20 years. I've been writing songs since I was 20, so it's really been 30 years, and it's always been personal, but I've always told stories.

From Art Alexakis

Being a musician, especially at the major label where you work for so long, it becomes a cycle. Write a record, make a record, tour. It's just this cycle, and I don't think there's any life built into it with time to assimilate what's going on in front of you and what's going on in your head.

From Art Alexakis

I still fall back a lot on my Les Paul, and there is just no getting away from a Les Paul and a hot pickup.

From Art Alexakis

My frustration has always been that I'm a Christian, but I don't buy into, never have bought into, the belief that Jesus and God are these men who just dictate that this is how you have to live your life or you are going to burn in hell.

From Art Alexakis

I'm not a politician. I'm not running for office. I can say what I think.

From Art Alexakis

Forgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western males. It's a sign of weakness.

From Art Alexakis

I like people who tell stories. I like storytellers. A lot of my songs are misconceived as being auto-biographical when they're not because I write in the first person.

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