I used to say Page Joseph Falkinburg - which is my given name - when Page Joseph Falkinburg stopped trying to be this over-the-top professional wrestler, Diamond Dallas Page, and Diamond Dallas Page became Page Joseph Falkinburg, that's when my career took off.
I see music as an aid. It overcomes my internal editor, especially when the music evokes the character or the mood I'm trying to build.
I am at my worst trying to write about things that overlap with my life.
Information overload refers to the notion that we're trying to take in more than the brain can handle.
Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent. It's all about the individual songs.
In Asia, it is very hectic - there is no overtime, no holidays, no weekends. It's pretty rushed because they are trying to cut the deadline.
I have had periods when I've overused a word, 'candent' being one example, but I'm trying not to do that any more.
Being a rapper and still trying to pursue an education is really overwhelming sometimes.
It can kind of screw up things if you're trying to overwork something.
I'm trying not to overwork the muscles because I'm thinking about accomplishing this great feat.
I actually enjoyed the struggles that we had trying to shape 'Blood', to get the pacing right, the rhythm of it.
In New York there isn't that weird palpable competitive thing where it's friendly but everyone isn't trying to top one another with jokes when you're just hanging around.
There are a whole host of psychological phenomenon humans have developed to protect ourselves from the sting of failure, from holding ourselves less accountable for our failures than we do other people, to letting our fear paralyze us and keep us from even trying.
I'm interested in the essence of things. If you pare things down, what's left? It's like I'm trying to describe the soul to an alien.
I've tried several diets over the past couple of years - not because I need to lose weight, but because my pants are trying to cut me in two.
There's nothing worse than trying to patch something or make do. If there wasn't something there in the beginning, it won't be there at the end.
We're trying to make our software available to users in as economically efficient a way as possible. That means distributing the software directly to them; taking payment through Mastercard, Visa, Paypal, and other options; and not having a store take 30 percent.
In the early days of Pearl Jam, we were caught up in such a whirlwind that I was just trying to keep my head on straight and play music. I didn't have the kind of confidence that other guys in the band did.
When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.
It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.
