mood the song evokes , I rise to the occasion . And The Waterboys cover , “ Be My Enemy ,” that one ’ s really fun to sing live because if there ’ s anyone that ’ s fucking with , or not telling us something or not being straight with us – and that ’ s my biggest annoyance , just not being told what ’ s going on – I get to release it that night from whatever bullshit ’ s gone on that day . So I direct all the energy to that song , and it feels honest . And I want it to feel honest , you know ? But I feel
like I ’ m gonna be gone really quickly , so I ’ ve gotta put everything into my work . I think I first noticed that feeling as soon as I started with the band . As soon as I got sober and realized how ephemeral everything can be , I was like , “ Okay – this is it .” That ’ s why with me , the stuff I like or whatever I gravitate towards , I don ’ t care what genre something is . I just wanna feel like everything ’ s been put into it . If they ’ re giving me everything , then I don ’ t care if it ’ s hip-hop , country , whatever – I like it . It ’ s hard for me to like a band that just feels like , “ It ’ s a casual Tuesday night , and we ’ re here to sing some songs for ya !” I mean , that ’ s great if that ’ s what makes you happy . But I don ’ t wanna spend my time on that , so I try to put everything into it until I ’ m happy with it .
IE : Have there ever been moments when you brought too much to a performance ? Slipped over the edge into danger ? SQ : Yeah , I did . I jumped off a bar when we were playing in France that I shouldn ’ t have jumped off of , and I fucked up my foot . And then I was in the hospital
because I thought I broke my foot , but I didn ’ t – it was just a really bad sprain , but I couldn ’ t play the next couple of nights on it . I mean , we played the shows , but I was just sitting , which was agony for me because I wanna run around . But I was like a crazy person , just rocking back and forth in a chair the next night in Belgium . So yeah , I ’ ve learned that with certain things , maybe don ’ t do that . Unless I have a few days off , then I think , “ Okay , you can do whatever you
want , so if something bad happens , you ’ ll have time to recover .”
IE : Parallel to that , what energy do you bring to acting that ’ s similar ? SQ : I don ’ t know yet if I ’ ve been able to bring to acting what I bring onstage with the band . Because I feel like when a show ’ s good , I kind of lose myself , and I don ’ t exactly know what ’ s happening , and I ’ m really in the moment . So I don ’ t know if that happens on set . I ’ ll put it this way – when I play a show with the band , I feel like I ’ m supposed to be there . I ’ ve earned my place , and I ’ m gonna show up and do this show . But when I ’ m acting , I still feel like , “ Who let me do this ? I have no idea what I ’ m doing ! And there was a lot of money put into this , but they ’ re just kinda winging it and figuring it out ?” But that ’ s just me being too selfjudgmental ….
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