Richard Shannon Hoonwas an American singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer of the band Blind Melon until his death from a cocaine overdose in 1995... (wikipedia)
There's no leader of this band, and there never will be. That's the key. You can't control how the public perceives you-people see rock'n'roll bands as the guitar player and the singer.
I know that sounds selfish, but you have to look at what it's doing to you personally - are you frustrated because of the way people perceive you, or are you happy enough about the things you've realized about yourself that you can tolerate the way people perceive you?
I hate the word 'hippy'. I hate a lot of people, and hippies don't do that!
We all enjoy the band and what we're doing, but we know this isn't gonna last forever.
Keep on dreaming boy, cause when you stop dreamin' it's time to die.
I'll close my eyes really, really tight and make you all go away.
We've seen a lot of people self-destruct because of a small taste of success.
I want to do more. I'm never satisfied with what I've done
I made a living out of being a class clown
You start wanting to see a different place every day.
You use everything. You use tragedy you use everything.
I feel more confident about what we're doing as a band and what we're trying to do as a band and the way we're looking at it as a band.
I need to start caring about myself if I'm going to be a proper father.
I really enjoy the therapeutic value of writing songs.
I think we really almost burnt ourselves out on one record.
I'm in road-coma at the moment. But it's OK. I think you subliminally become a junkie of being on the road. As much as you think you're burnt out, the minute you get off you go stir crazy and you just wanna go right back.
I have a phobia of anything that doesn't die in the microwave after five seconds.
Our strength is in our live shows and it's not like we're too good to play anywhere.
We never were the band that believed in making all that money and becoming stars.
That's when I realize that the people who come to the shows, that's their role... to help us understand why we enjoy doing this sometimes.
Life isn't a tiptoe through the tulips
There's a lot that you can be And ain't it a pity But its alright to smile back at me
Keep on dreaming boy cause when you stop dreaming it's time to die.
When life is hard, you have to change.