…The album is about “deciding that you want to be happy, or fighting to be happy or discovering that there even is such a thing as happiness. They’re all songs that say, ‘Let’s get down to living. I want to be happy. I want love in my life.’ Born and Raised is about realising it before it’s too late.
- John . - (The Australian May 26, 2012)
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Goodbye.
I’m done with high school. And I don’t really know what to say. And I’m overwhelmed. And I don’t think it will hit me… Until I don’t know. Gah, I’m so happy and SO sad all at once. I wish I could explain it better. But I can’t. It’s just the most unfamiliar and exiting chapter of my life opening up in front of me. And it’s terrifying. And it’s amazing.
Well, that’s a wrap on release week promotion for Born and Raised. It’s so phenomenally weird to wake up this morning at home and not in the back of a bus somewhere. On the bright side, releasing this album and getting back in touch with my fans has been something I’ve been waiting to experience for a long time now. I’m finally at a place in my life where I can truly appreciate the kindness and support, and you have shown me lots of it. Thank you for that.
As I understand it, the album is set to enter the charts at number one, which is just incredible on all your parts because there has been very little I’ve been able to do to promote it. In a world of schemes and strategies when it comes to selling something, you guys just bought music you trusted you’d like. You picked it up in the same way I made it… from the heart, no trickery. That is so cool and rare and all the marketeers in the world together can’t manufacture that. I am very grateful to you.
The making of this record was purposely undocumented, but there are a few iPhone videos and some photos to share. I figure I’ll do that here, and more often than I usually have in the past. Even if this album slides off the charts in a month, it doesn’t make it any less special to me, and we should all be digging this music together, like we would have (and will again) on stage.
Stay tuned…
with thanks and love
John
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I had a dream that I got to meet Johnny Depp after one of his movies… I have never woken up so happy. I got to tell him all of the wonderful things I think about him and why I appreciate him so much. I think I need to meet him now because he is truly one of the best at what he does. I love him as much as you can love someone you’ve never met. I think he is a genius and so genuine and humble. PLEASE. PLEASE, let’s meet.
I write about the things I don’t understand because the things I understand aren’t worth writing songs about.
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We have a level of understanding which I really don’t have with another actor that I’ve ever worked with at all.
Kate Winslet on Leonardo DiCaprio | 2008
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