#real

I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we were on the fringe of losers and jocks. So we invited all the cool kids to come watch us play in our bass player's brother's bedroom. And it was terrible, but everyone thought we were so cool. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#bass #bedroom #brother #bunch #come

I didn't really have any interest in producing anything. ↗

— Mark Ruffalo

#anything #i #interest #producing #really

Lyrics have become so dumbed down nowadays. People don't want to have to think about lyrics anymore, they just want to be told something. Until these great things started happening with us, I'd really given up on reaching people like that. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#anymore #become #down #given #great

We have this really retro vibe and style of songwriting and, personally, I wasn't embracing the current state of music until I fell in love with hip-hop. It felt good to suddenly embrace where music was headed, and I think hip-hop is the best at that, because it feels so progressive and everybody wants to be the best. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#best #current #current state #embrace #embracing

Well, the crazy thing for me is I think out of anything that's happened in the last year, all the success, people always ask what do you guys do with the money? I don't think they realize we're not really making any money. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#any #anything #ask #crazy #guys

I remember riding my bike down the boardwalk with nowhere to go and looking at the girls. It was really innocent. ↗

— Mark Ruffalo

#boardwalk #down #go #i #i remember

After the brain tumor happened, I realized I love acting, I've always loved it, I may never get a chance to do it again. ↗

— Mark Ruffalo

#after #again #always #brain #chance

And my mother caught wind of this. She never had really tried to guide my career or really had any say in my life as an adult, but this was the one time she said she would never speak to me again if I quit acting. ↗

— Mark Ruffalo

#adult #again #any #career #caught

Do theater. Because you'll develop a craft that you'll always have. It'll give you a chance to really learn how to act and you won't go into the world with a few measly tricks that will only carry you so far. ↗

— Mark Ruffalo

#always #because #carry #chance #craft

People say funny things all the time during really serious moments in life. ↗

— Mark Ruffalo

#funny #funny things #life #moments #people