James Iha

(13 votes)   So there was something of a learning curve with doing your own thing and people seeing you outside of the band. I mean, people have never really heard my voice before - or heard a whole record of mine before. So it was a completely new experience.

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(8 votes)   You know, it's going to be a really long tour, and well, I guess I'll see what happens with A Perfect Circle, 'cause they do other projects too, and I don't know. I hope I can always do a lot of different things, do 'em well.

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(14 votes)   And they kind of left to find a guitar player at the very end, so you know, I don't really take it as any slight that I wasn't able to play on the record. It's flattering just to play with them period.

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(10 votes)   I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.

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(9 votes)   I live most of the time in New York now. I have an apartment there.

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(9 votes)   If you put all the songs together that I've written on band records, and put it up next to my solo record, there's definitely a different kind of feel than Billy's songs.

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(9 votes)   Other kids were made fun of for being wimpy or being gay or whatever. Kids do awful things, and I always just try to put it behind me.

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(8 votes)   But, yeah, as far as Asian Americans go, I hope they know they can look at me and see that they can do music on their own, within a band or just on their own, and not feel like there's any barriers. I've never felt any particular barriers myself, being who I am.

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(8 votes)   Even from a listening end now, I'm still completely a fan of music.

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(8 votes)   I mean I like pop music, and I like heavy music and, stuff that I like... the band I've signed on to our label right now; they're called The Sounds. They're kind of like a new-wave pop band.

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(8 votes)   It's hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to some outside force is just like - It's never been a factor in what I've done or what the band's done.

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(8 votes)   It's probably getting our old drummer back and actually playing as a band. And, I don't know, it sounds like what we do best right now.

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(8 votes)   Musicians always come off sounding a little bit pretentious, and a little bit... I don't know, hypocritical, from what they do, talking about strong issues.

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(8 votes)   No, I've heard over the years that it's nice for them to see somebody who's like, you know, a well-known successful musician who's Asian. I've heard it from a few musicians, too.

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(8 votes)   Well, I always hope that I'm a role model.

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