I just desperately wanted to be happy again in a way that wasn't forced. I wanted to feel like I accomplished something. I did this. I finished this record. I'm doing all the promo. I'm doing everything that I said… — Michael Angelakos Copy Share Image
I hated the blog hype and how fast everything was happening. It didn't feel natural to me. But at the same time, what's more… — Michael Angelakos Copy Share Image
I'm a perfectionist; there's always something we need to improve upon, and I think that's a really healthy model for artistic growth and progressing.… — Michael Angelakos Copy Share Image
I became really creative around the time I started understanding that people could be creative with music and that that was allowed. I stated taking piano lessons at age five, but I never did what my piano teacher told me to do. I would just do whatever I wanted. — Michael Angelakos Copy Share
Music is one of the few things I'm relatively good at, one of the things I understand a little better than everything else. — Michael Angelakos Copy Share Image
I mean, I am a little different from the band in that I, I'm pretty much an isolated writer. I don't associate myself with… — Michael Angelakos Copy Share Image
I've told people that I don't see myself living very long. That really upsets them, but I'm just being honest. — Michael Angelakos Copy Share Image
I just desperately wanted to be happy again in a way that wasn't forced. I wanted to feel like I accomplished something. I did… — Michael Angelakos Copy Share Image
I think there are things that need changing obviously. I think there are things that I think we overdid on the first record, I… — Michael Angelakos Copy Share Image
I don't think people talk about mental illness a lot, but they need to know it's OK to talk about how they are feeling.… — Michael Angelakos Copy Share Image
The minute you feel like you've completed something you lose that momentum. I've learned how to avoid that. That's the bottom line. — Michael Angelakos Copy Share Image
People think that since we're on a major label, all of a sudden everyone's telling us what to do and it's really not like… — Michael Angelakos Copy Share Image
