John Gourley

It's silly to me to not be positive about rock advancing and growing. Really, we just want rock n' roll to be mainstream.

If you don't have negative experiences, you have no way to gauge the positive ones, and you have no way to deal with it.

I've always been into thrifting. I'm a fan of finding unique pieces and having them tailored or altered.

There's something about Detroit, man: there's a serious vibe there. It could be that blue-collar, working-class-mentality person who lives out there. There's just something about it. It reminds me of Alaska. Texas has the same thing. Detroit is a little heavier than both.

I think we're pretty spiritual people, the band in general. We're not a bunch of hippies or anything like that, but we like to work together and work with people. We believe that positive energy is pretty necessary in life, although it's not always easy to maintain.

I'm just not into the shady side of the music industry. Give credit where credit's due.

We tour, we do the distance from friends and family, not really knowing how to connect with people on the same level. I've understood now, as much as we tour, we live day-to-day, so our lives are much different than the people who stay at home and go home every night.

We started playing music because of the Wu-Tang Clan.

Portugal is like Ziggy Stardust. The period is there, so you know that it's not the country, it's Portugal. The 'Man' states, 'He's the man.'

The period in the name - huge mistake, I know. We didn't think about that. We never thought we were going to be written up in magazines. The second we saw it in print, like, what a mistake, man.

It's so perfectly Alaska to be like, 'Dad we're going to the Grammys,' and for him to be like, 'Oh, well that's great, Johnny. All right, gotta go back to work.'

We pride ourselves on being a touring band. We work very hard to give a great and unique performance.