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{{Interviewer|CDNOW|What were the circumstances surrounding the composition of the first single, "Dope Nose"?}} | {{Interviewer|CDNOW|What were the circumstances surrounding the composition of the first single, "Dope Nose"?}} | ||
{{Rivers|It's not about anything. It's just a bunch of garbage lyrics. [It was] six in the morning. I had three shots of tequila, and I forget how many milligrams of Ritalin, and I just went in my backyard and sat down. In like half an hour I was just like foaming at the mouth, and I just wrote it in one manic burst of about three minutes. Sitting there in the chair, composing in my head. Not even with a guitar. Just all in my mind. Bam. There's "Dope Nose."}} | {{Rivers|It's not about anything. It's just a bunch of garbage lyrics. [It was] six in the morning. I had three shots of tequila, and I forget how many milligrams of Ritalin, and I just went in my backyard and sat down. In like half an hour I was just like foaming at the mouth, and I just wrote it in one manic burst of about three minutes. Sitting there in the chair, composing in my head. Not even with a guitar. Just all in my mind. Bam. There's "Dope Nose."}} | ||
{{Interviewer|CDNOW|You and the rest of the band personally sent out an eight-song album sampler to radio DJs and music journalists without the consent of your record label, Interscope. What made you decide to do that? Didn't you worry about bootlegs or MP3s getting out?}} | {{Interviewer|CDNOW|You and the rest of the band personally sent out an eight-song album sampler to radio DJs and music journalists without the consent of your record label, [[Interscope]]. What made you decide to do that? Didn't you worry about bootlegs or MP3s getting out?}} | ||
{{Rivers|I was just anxious for approval. No, I don't care [about music piracy]. As long as our music is getting out there, I don't really care how it happens. Yeah, Interscope [was pretty upset]. Everything is cool, now, though.}} | {{Rivers|I was just anxious for approval. No, I don't care [about music piracy]. As long as our music is getting out there, I don't really care how it happens. Yeah, Interscope [was pretty upset]. Everything is cool, now, though.}} | ||
{{Interviewer|CDNOW|As a result, radio stations started playing "Dope Nose" pretty early on. Did that push you to release it as the first single?}} | {{Interviewer|CDNOW|As a result, radio stations started playing "Dope Nose" pretty early on. Did that push you to release it as the first single?}} | ||