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I grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood and was raised by a man who did not emote, ever… I always cry at movies, and when I was a kid, I would try to hide it. It wasn’t something a kid in Oaklyn, N.J., did. So I have these weird hang-ups about emotions.

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When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast with my grandpa every morning. He instilled a lot of values in me: hard work, loyalty. He grew up during the Great Depression in Philly in poverty – he didn’t have enough to eat as a kid. Sometimes his family would get kicked out of their apartment because they couldn’t pay the rent.

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Everyone wants the same thing in this band, so we definitely respect each other. I mean, all of us have had hit songs, so it’s a band full of people who really know what they’re talking about, so you have to respect that even when you think something you have might be great, and they go, ‘Man, it’s not as great as you think it is.’

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May 14, 2024

Everyone wants the same thing in this band, so we definitely respect each other. I mean, all of us have had hit songs, so it’s a band full of people who really know what they’re talking about, so you have to respect that even when you think something you have might be great, and they go, ‘Man, it’s not as great as you think it is.’

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May 14, 2024

When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast with my grandpa every morning. He instilled a lot of values in me: hard work, loyalty. He grew up during the Great Depression in Philly in poverty – he didn’t have enough to eat as a kid. Sometimes his family would get kicked out of their apartment because they couldn’t pay the rent.

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