A collective AWWWWWW, please
A lot of people were shocked, pleased but shocked that you took Empires on tour.
Mmhmm!
Why did you do that, was that objective, what happened with that?
It wasn’t objective. For me it was about closure, and it was about... the tour, it was just going to be me and Adam on the tour, and we knew that...
And no... Conflicting presences...
So it didn’t matter, it didn’t matter about... I mean there were! The conflicting presence was me, and Adam, and our relationship with Tom. Above all else, we like those guys, as a band...
I know Sean was a friend of yours...
Sean’s an old friend, Sean’s a really old friend, I actually was friends with Sean before I was friends with Tom, so you know, Sean and I have a very positive past, but for Tom, I felt like there was a lot left unresolved from when he left the band, so for me it was important to let him know how I felt and I think it was important for him to let me know how he felt about it all and we spoke, we sat down at a bar in Chicago - we hadn’t seen each other in a long time - and we talked it out, he told me some things he’d had on his chest and I told him some things, and I think that it did resolve some things, and bring some closure to it, and also, we had a really great time on the tour with them and it was fun to see them in their element, to see Tom in his element again, and playing music..
I’ve seen them, and he looks so happy with them, and he’s told me that he’s happier with them than he’s ever been... I don’t think that’s an insult!
No, it’s not an insult, it’s true. And, you know, that was the intention, because I knew that it’d be easier... I guess it was a selfish thing, for me, to have closure on it, because getting older; the last thing that I want is to have things on my conscience that I’m keeping in the closet, so to speak.
I MIEI BIMBI CHE FANNO PACE. O che, insomma, ci provano. AW SEMPLICE E DOPPIO T_T (E William che glissa elegantemente - per modo di dire, William non glissa mai elegantemente, glissa sempre in modo adorabilmente imbarazzato :D - su chi sia in realtà la conflicting presence. A Mike fischieranno le orecchie, Y/Y?)
Amo tutto questo in modo profondo ♥ (E ci sto già plottando su.)