-we're looking at a career of being wankers
-i'm cool with it. just get out there and do it (performing)
-if you're gonna play the drums, you gotta hit em hard, yeah!
-but not britney spears. i reckon she's cool!
-when i wake up and my sheets are sticky (bad morning afters)
-boxers. definitely boxers. briefs are like, when you wear briefs it's like someone's got a hold of you 24 hours a day.
-my dad listens to a lot of bb king and frank sinatra but i don't think you can really hear that in our music.
-well there was one day he was walking down the street, this guy looked at him, then i looked at johns and he started crying. i put my arm around him. i, you know, i lent a shoulder. i'm just joking.
-happy music isn't very intense, doesn't make you very hyped up and makes you smile and jump around like a fairy. darker music makes you turn into a hardcore motherf*cker!
-some guy said to me that we sound like nirvana and wound up in the hospital. just kidding.
-if you saw them on stage you'd think they were psychos that go around killing chickens (marilyn manson)
-i went arse over tit (describing his moped accident)
-none of that swearing, big fella (to daniel)
-i'd probably be a plumber like my dad
-yeah, we wanted to make people smile (on freak show)
-danny boy plays drums
-americans are just like psychos. they run around in big circles and punch people. and there's always a leader. there's like, one, big, heavy dude just walking around going, "get out of the way, or i'll break you."
-it kind of gets frustrating having so many good-looking girls in the country you live in
-hi, my name is ben gillies and i enjoy playing watersports, skiing and waterpolo
-no, it was too small. i think i needed a bigger cup size, you know? (bra ben tried on at the troubador)
-oh yeah, i love school. we all love school. being in a band, traveling around the world, and meeting people and stuff like that-sucks!
-this guy once asked me, he said, "have you ever got a boner in school and had to stand up?" (stupidest question)
-daniel johns has the smallest left arm in history
-ah, it's bloody freezing!
-they're usually all plastic and fake (christmas trees)
-pat cash?? not really, what does he play, guitar or something? (um, no ben. he's a famous australian tennis player ;))
-basically, everyone just drinks a lot of alcohol and gets very pissed so they can't remember, the morning after (how australians celebrate new year's eve)
-you're a wanker! (to daniel)
-it was the most crappiest song in the world history (i felt like it)
-it's a real educational experience
-i had an out of the body experience. like, um, i was asleep, right? and then, like, i floated up. it was really weird. i was on the top of the room, looking at myself sleeping. (how'd you look?) i just had my eyes closed!
-i think daniel wants to know what the question means!
-watson's a real tough guy
-watson's the cool one
-daniel's a free camper
-we hate listening to our own music
-we'll just come up with a tune and we'll just go, that sucks, don't write anymore
-i'm in a cave, i'm in a cave! look out!
-we all just usually warm up, like, do some stretches and stuff. and then, like, before we go on, you know, we might scream at each other (before a gig)
-we've got some of those stepper things, like reebok step. we've got like a step program we do before we go onstage
-i just like meeting people. i like meeting people so i go out there and make new friends
-that's um, mass, um, space, then debate
-no one comes near us cause they hate us and they think we smell (at school)
-you're a dillbrain (to daniel)
-i live like, in the city part and there's like, heaps of kangaroos just walking around, like in the city
-you get koalas crawling all over you and stuff
-if you grab them, they spit this white kinda fungi stuff at ya and it's not good (king toad?)
-i got it in nyc for 20 bucks. but it looks real enough. it impresses the girls (his rolex watch)
-you know, we need our sleep cause we're, um, little boys (8:30 show)
-he's going to play cemetery all by his little lonesome self. hit it, daniel. hit it. show us what you're made of, dude
-shut up, please mum! i'm the one doing the bloody interview
-teenyboppers are mental. hype sucks. i hate hype, it sucks. it's like, all teenyboppers
-ahhh i'm sorry, mr. intellectual
-we're looking at a career of being wankers
we're not into the fame shit
-is that how you spell 'sperm'?
-all that other stuff is just a big pull
-all that trendy thing is crap
-yeah, we really like that fat guitar walls. a grotesque and heavy sound. i go hard on that
-i'll never play that song again. we really hate it intense (cicada)
-actually, i've never been in one of those circles and i don't think i will. i want to live
-bloody hell, there's been plenty of them! (worst show)
-practice makes perfect and we've been getting a lot of practice. but we're not perfect yet.
-when i turn 18, i'll probably go out and get really drunk, i'd say so
- (about daniel) he's like a puny bastard. he always walks around and says, "yeah, i'm pretty muscle-y, aren't i?" he picks fights with me and chris, but we always show him who's boss.
-i don't really know much about the internet. it's all a mystery to me. i've got a sony playstation, they're rad. i like destruction derby, it's rad-smashing the cars up.
-10 years from now, i'll probably be an accountant or something, maybe a rocket scientist, that's what i'm aiming for. i've got a few degrees, i'm actually going to yale, yeah. i'm pretty intellectual, yeah. you know, whatever you call it.
--no one wants to go on a date with me. i'm so upset
-i'm in touch with my feminine side
-onstage we often feel like dumb little boys who can't do anything right, we have low self-esteem because we suck!
-you can't play drums and not hit 'em, or go in there and be a pansy
-bras and all that kind of stuff on stage makes us laugh. we usually take them home and wear them
-actually, we have been in a limo a few times. but it was because of our record company, and we were so embarrassed to be getting in and out of it, we were spewing!
-we're just the hardcore without the straight-edge
-you'll be sitting in class and you'll get an ll, a lazy log. you just can't though. you gotta get your mind off of it. think of your mom or something.
-i was thinking of becoming a gynecologist
-always thank your mom for giving you a dry bum
-i know, what about adidas (pronounces it right) or adidas (add e das) or whatever you call it, by korn.
-oh, and we go to school as well. that's life. you know, we wake up every morning and go, 'yeah! we've got school!'
-we usually tell them (critics) we don't really care what they say and that we're having fun and if they want to rip us off, they can. but if they keep doing it, that's when we come after them and kick their ass.
-i like any woman. older, younger. you know, a bit of variety. that's always good!
-i gave him the manly nod. you know the nod? i gave him the nod, and he nodded back.
-you should have seen it. they were walking down the street, going no more factory chickens, free-range only!
-i'm sorry, i've got air. i've got a lot of wind today.
-because it's heavy and because it's good and it's got a rude word in it. yeah, we like songs with rude words. (why he requested faget)
-you don't go and look at a band and say i wonder how many cd's they sold? and then go on, they've sold millions, i think i'll buy it.
-um, never assume! (famous last words)
-i'm probably the most sensible one in the band
-we're dumb bastards. that's all there is to it
-f*ck's a wonderful word. mind you, sometimes girls don't like it. if you go out on a date it can be a mistake to go, "f*ck f*ck f*ck" all the time. (you are the holy wise one!)
-what else? i heard this one that i have a small penis. that's just f*ckin' ridiculous. (online rumours)
-this isn't my kettle of fish...
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