Mark Oliver Everett (aka E) of cult rock band Eels decides to go on a journey to find out more about his father and his research into parallel worlds.
“Sure, I'm a weirdo in some ways. I don't like going to parties and show, I hide in my house a lot. But, all things considered, it could be a lot worse. And I'm able to get myself to this show, at least. I become aware of a feeling that has been slowly creeping in under my skin for a few years, but now has become more tangible. I'd been through a lot - I'm OK. And if I want to be, I'm better than OK. I'm certainly not the most well-adjusted person on earth, but considering everything ... I mean - I survived. And I survived just by being me. How lucky and amazing is that?”
“Sure, I'm a weirdo in some ways. I don't like going to parties and show, I hide in my house a lot. But, all things considered, it could be a lot worse. And I'm able to get myself to this show, at least. I become aware of a feeling that has been slowly creeping in under my skin for a few years, but now has become more tangible. I'd been through a lot - I'm OK. And if I want to be, I'm better than OK. I'm certainly not the most well-adjusted person on earth, but considering everything ... I mean - I survived. And I survived just by being me. How lucky and amazing is that?”
I like your beard? That's what I said to Neil Young. This was oe of my first lessons about meeting my heroes. Avoid it when possible, because I have a social dysfunction when I just get too nervous and say something crazy.
La vie est pleine de beauté imprévisible et de surprises étranges. Je me sens parfois démuni devant tant de beauté. Vous connaissez ce sentiment? Quand quelque chose est juste trop beau. Quand quelqu'un dit quelque chose, écrit quelque chose ou joue quelque chose qui vous émeut aux larmes, et même vous change à jamais.
Historically speaking, if I was in a room and there was someone in that room who could make my life an utter hell on earth, I would find that person, hope they would engage me in conversation, feel like I'd found the lost piece to my puzzle, see pictures in my head of us waking up together, our children, our adjoining burial spots fifty years down the line and I'd truly believe that it was all for the best. For some reasons, God made the women I'm attracted to crazy. But since I don't believe in God, then I guess it's just a fact of life that probably has more than a little to do with my upbringing. People I worked with even used to refer to certain kinds of women as "E girls". That's how bad it was.
Après sa mort, on a retrouvé, entre autres choses, un bloc-notes jaune sur lequel le médecin d'un hôpital psychiatrique lui avait demandé d'écrire cent fois "je vais bien". Elle a recopié ça plusieurs fois, puis a laissé tomber et écrit "je ne vais pas bien".
“Kids know what's going on. They always respond to The Beatles, for instance. Doesn't matter when they were born, they always seem to respond. Show me a kid who innately doesn't like The Beatles, and I'll show you a bad seed.”
Les bruits de la ville m'arrivaient par la fenêtre ouverte et je pensais à ce quartier craignos et à tout ce que j'apprenais sur la vie et la mort. J'avais acquis une conscience aiguë du fait que j'étais en vie, que je respirais, et que ça n'allait pas durer toujours. Je me suis senti en veine tout d'un coup, je me suis levé, je suis allé dans le salon prendre la guitare électrique barytone appuyée sur la table basse, je l'ai branchée sur un ampli et j'ai commencé à gratouiller les cordes en chantant [...]
Certaines nuits, alors que tant d'années ont passé, je repense à l'époque ou j'étais gamin. Quel bonheur, quand tout allait encore bien et que nous étions tous à la maison, mon père lisant le journal, Liz écoutant Neil Young en boucle dans sa chambre, ma mère prise de fou rire à propos d'un truc même pas drôle! Je me revois au milieu d'eux tous, et je suis submergé par la nostalgie; je donnerais n'importe quoi pour revivre une de ces soirées.
One thing you'll notice about people with mental problems is the constant self-absorption. I think that's because it's such a struggle just to BE who they are, so they have a hard time getting past it. I am no exception to this rule.