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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.50,0:00:13.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> [Music: Flaming Lips “She Don’t Use\NJelly”]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.78,0:00:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Wayne Coyne: You know we've always said that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.33,0:00:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as we can make more money being in the band
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.31,0:00:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than we could, say, working at McDonald's or Target,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.25,0:00:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we'll choose being in the band.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.74,0:00:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Jennifer Van Evra: Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.66,0:00:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Wayne Coyne: Only because that's what would\Nbe left for us if we weren't doing this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.82,0:00:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the kind of skill level of any contribution\Nto society that we would have.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.17,0:00:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simply because we've spent our whole adult\Nlives pursuing this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.04,0:00:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> [Music]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.24,0:00:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Wayne Coyne: I worked at this fast food\Nrestaurant in Oklahoma City, Long John Silver's.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.66,0:00:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fried fish and french fries and stuff. I worked there for 11 years
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.60,0:00:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the time I was 16 to the time I was 27 or so.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.76,0:00:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd be working late at night and it was a\Nreasonably bad area of town
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.93,0:01:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we got robbed a couple of times. Especially\Nin the late 1970's
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.49,0:01:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the economy and everything really got horrible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.08,0:01:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first time we got robbed I was the only... I'm not saying this because I'm racist or anything
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.30,0:01:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just being pragmatic about it. I was the\Nonly white guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.11,0:01:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was working with a bunch of black women.\NThe guys who came in were black
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.35,0:01:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were pissed off and they had biggest\Ngun I've ever seen in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.33,0:01:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only because it's pointed at me did it seem\Nso big. We all laid on the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.23,0:01:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, “fuck, this is… this is it.\NHere I am, I'm 17 and this is how it ends.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.81,0:01:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“You’re just working one second and the\Nnext second you're laying on the ground”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.90,0:01:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“and some guy puts a bullet in your head.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.82,0:01:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously they robbed us and left and didn't\Nkill me. But I remember the elation of just...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.88,0:01:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all cried. We couldn't stop crying and\Nlaughing and jumping up and down.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.88,0:01:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were celebrating like we had just won a\Nmillion dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.35,0:01:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea of we are alive and isn't it a fucking\Ngreat thing? I think it changed me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.22,0:01:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> [MUSIC]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.78,0:02:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wayne Coyne: I think the idea of sort of confronting\Nthis always present idea
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.51,0:02:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people around you are going to die or\Nyou're going to die or...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.51,0:02:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it makes living better, it really does.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.02,0:02:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, I hate this notion that I would ever\Nforget of how temporary this whole thing is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.23,0:02:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know life is worth celebrating and worth living
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.74,0:02:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though we're all headed to the same hole\Nat the end of the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.45,0:02:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without sort of coming to terms with it you're\Nnot coming to terms with
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.68,0:02:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the joys of life at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.40,0:02:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> [MUSIC]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.88,0:02:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wayne Coyne: I don’t know. I think somewhere along the way
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.42,0:02:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,music allows you to sing and talk and think\Nabout those things,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.28,0:02:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it can be beautiful instead of being horrible.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.96,0:02:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember when my father was dying,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.32,0:02:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember listening to Bjork, and listening\Nto John Coltrane, and these things,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.08,0:02:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't know why but music has the power\Nto transcend your physical being
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.51,0:03:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take you up just a little bit. Because\Nmusic has a metaphysical quality
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.39,0:03:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it gets up there in these things and it really\Nmakes your life beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.53,0:03:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> [Music]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.46,0:03:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Wayne Coyne: It's the same thing for virtually\Nevery human that's ever going to be alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.69,0:03:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things that make them sad are going to be\Nlove, loss of love, death, fear of isolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.83,0:03:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a really small little corner. So I think\Nany time you sing about those
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.76,0:03:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're probably going to have a crowd that\Nknows exactly what you're talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.07,0:03:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you're sing about things that make\Nyou happy, which I like to do that as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.02,0:03:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, you never know if you're going to\Nhit the mark.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.92,0:03:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why when I sing a song like She Don't\NUse Jelly,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.17,0:03:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people go, “oh that's crazy, what are you\Ntalking about.”
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.70,0:03:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though they enjoy it, they don't understand it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.96,0:03:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music: The Flaming Lips "Spoonful Weighs a Ton"]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.42,0:03:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stuff like when I sing about the Spoonful\NWeighs a Ton
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.74,0:03:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people understand this is about death\Nand meaning that you put into in your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.22,0:04:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go, “oh, I know what you're talking\Nabout.”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.22,0:04:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> [Music: The Flaming Lips “A Spoonful\NWeighs a Ton”]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.22,0:04:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Wayne Coyne: So when I go in there and I’m singing about things that seem to be personal,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.23,0:04:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can be my own exact personal experience,\Nyet if I'm doing the job right
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.91,0:04:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can make it seem like it's your story at\Nthe same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.60,0:04:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not just simply pouring my guts out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.28,0:04:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm pouring my guts out so they can feel like\Nyour guts at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.26,0:04:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> [Music: Flaming Lips “Do You Realize”]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.72,0:04:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Jennifer Van Evra: Well I should let you\Ngo.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.95,0:04:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Wayne Coyne: All right, well thanks a bunch.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.11,0:04:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sitting in the lobby where the elevators\Ncome out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.79,0:04:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People have all been looking at me in my bare\Nfeet,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.16,0:04:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talking existential bullshit with you as they\Nget in and out of the elevators.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.74,0:04:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Jennifer Van Evra: Hilarious. That was\Nthe odd ding I was hearing in the background.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.54,0:04:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Wayne Coyne: Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.78,0:04:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Jennifer Van Evra: Well thanks again and I really appreciate you taking out the time on a Saturday.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.80,0:04:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Wayne Coyne: Well I'm glad you called.\NOkay.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.00,0:04:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Jennifer Van Evra: Okay, cheers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.82,0:04:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Wayne Coyne: Alright, bye.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.48,0:04:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Jennifer Van Evra: Bye.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.98,0:05:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> [Music: Flaming Lips “Do You Realize”]