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Ryan Ross
Profession : Musician
Birth : August 30, 1986
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That was something we were trying to figure out: Are we allowed to do a jazz song? Are we allowed to do cabaret? Just from hearing the Beatles, it was like, 'Well, they did it. It's okay to write something other than a standard rock song.'
Ryan Ross
I've gotten to see the world and play music with my friends.
Ryan Ross
We were in this park in Canada throwing a frisbee around, and there was a homeless guy there who swore to God I was Mick Jagger. I kept telling him I wasn't, and he kept thinking I was Jagger and wanted to play frisbee with us. Then he heard a siren coming and thought I called the cops - and he ran away!
Ryan Ross
Whenever I'd go anywhere with my dad - in his 1980 burgundy Dodge Ram - he'd always listen to mix tapes of country-music stars like Garth Brooks, Clint Black and Willie Nelson. Those were the first songs I ever learned the words to.
Ryan Ross
I was really into Blink-182 and punk bands like NOFX and MXPX.
Ryan Ross
Some people would say Counting Crows or Third Eye Blind would be a guilty pleasure, but they're two of my favorite bands - I'm not ashamed of it.
Ryan Ross
We all like all of that, from 'Rubber Soul' to 'The White Album' and all of that, but even before, we were into that theatrical element of things. We didn't want to do a 'Sgt. Pepper's' thing.
Ryan Ross
After bands become successful, they always make that choice to do the record about how cool or how hard it is to be in a successful band.
Ryan Ross
I just couldn't keep on trying to please people. It was hindering my creative output, and I had to be honest with myself.
Ryan Ross
I forgot that being in a band was this much fun.
Ryan Ross
People have taken technology so far, to the point where music is almost sterile these days.
Ryan Ross
And my biggest revelation that will never be beaten is the Beatles. I couldn't believe that I'd gone my whole life without knowing all those songs.
Ryan Ross
What we've realized is, for us to be happy for the long haul, we have to keep doing what we want to do, or else we won't want to play music with each other anymore.
Ryan Ross
It's hard when people are expecting things from you, and all you're trying to do is write songs that you like for yourself.
Ryan Ross
I've noticed that things aren't bad all the time. So I've tried to write songs that people will want to hear when they're getting off work rather than something that's going to bring them down.
Ryan Ross
I don't think I listen to anything that I did when I was 17. I've changed a great deal.
Ryan Ross
I'd never really travelled before, and when we started going places, like Japan, France, Germany and all over Europe, it's been interesting to see how different cultures work. But to be there playing music makes it so much better.
Ryan Ross
In Japan, the way they act at shows is very different from home because they don't yell, they clap for about 10 seconds after the song and then it's completely silent.
Ryan Ross
Even when we were stuck touring, earning $100 a day, I never thought I'd even make it that far.
Ryan Ross
It's nice to be home - I go to the same old sandwich shop around the corner, I go to the movies, I do what I like to do.
Ryan Ross
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