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I like sneakers. I guess I could call myself a collector.

I have a BFA in illustration.

Who can't relate to the idea of leaving one chapter behind and moving on to the next?

I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park.

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When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we decided to just do it ourselves.

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We have people in the band who don't drink or do drugs... some of us like to go sightseeing.

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We learned pretty early on in this band that you can't have snobbery in music.

From Mike Shinoda

In high school I was making beats for my friends and for myself and rapping over them.

From Mike Shinoda

I've been really excited about some new cutting edge electronic music and technology.

From Mike Shinoda

I remember being a little kid sitting in the living room with my brother and some friends from around the neighborhood, and I would sit at the piano and as they were running around the room doing different things and being silly, acting out, I would actually play the score for it - the music that went along with it.

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