I love Tokyo, I’ve been several times. The first trip was just weird; it was a weird time. It was in the ’90s, and it was different then. Alison Mosshart Read Quote
Lollapalooza, that was one of my worst shows. We just played at, like, 3 in the afternoon; it was like the hottest, most miserable thing. My shoes were melting. I just thought I was going to die. It was the most horrible experience. I lasted, what, four songs? In front of quite a lot of people. That was one of my least favorites. Alison Mosshart Read Quote
I think we choose gear by the way that it looks. We choose lots of things by the way that it looks. I don’t like bands that look like roadies. I don’t like when I can’t tell who’s the guitar tech and who’s the guitar player. Alison Mosshart Read Quote
I love touring. I can’t wait. Everything is just normal when you’re finally on tour. I think, for me, it’s my happiest thing; I love moving around, and I have friends and family all over the place. It’s kind of my time. It’s almost like home. It’s when I get to see everybody. Alison Mosshart Read Quote
People can be quite cynical. ‘The Kills are too cool.’ There’s been an on-and-off relationship with the music press that loves us and then hates us then loves us again. I don’t think any kind of press is reliable. Alison Mosshart Read Quote
I’m inspired by being in a different town every day – all the people I meet, all the things I see. There’s no way of compartmentalizing everything in my head; whatever I’m taking in is coming out in some way. I think I love painting so much because, for me, it’s so fast. There’s not too much thought in these paintings. Alison Mosshart Read Quote
I actually got into music because of art and because of skateboarding: All those graphics and punk bands and fanzines – they were glued together in my brain. Alison Mosshart Read Quote
I had a bunch of paintings around at my house, and someone said to me, ‘Why don’t you just put them on Instagram? Why don’t you show people these?’ And I didn’t want to – it was just something else I would have to do. But eventually, I was like, ‘What’s the harm?’ And the response was so insane! Alison Mosshart Read Quote
All of my art is suitcase-sized. I always paint in mediums that dry pretty quickly because I’ve got to throw them in my suitcase and go. And I have so much because of that, because it’s what I’ve always done to pass the time, and I like it. Alison Mosshart Read Quote
