Paul F. Tompkins Quotes

The band feels loose in all the right ways, and it's just so cool looking out and seeing all of these people that I haven't seen in a while.

The last Company Flow reunion show in New York City was pretty insane. Everybody knew all the words to every song; everybody had smiles on their faces. Those shows are what you hope for every time you get on the stage.

My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson.

Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was so punk rock.

Our album 'Show No Mercy' came out in late '83, and we did three or four shows in San Francisco after the release. That was our first experience with stage-divers, crowd-surfing, people walking on people across an entire crowd.

I understand the rock star deal having been one and still going out strapping my guitar on and performing. Now, I probably do 30 or 40 dates a year and I get to relive how I felt at 19 when I played in some really bad bands.

My first concert was 'Nsync.

I think the only festival I ever went to was Warped Tour.

The Melvins are grunge.

Starting in the mid-'80s, I played in a band called Meat Joy, and we made our own record, toured.

What turns me on is to walk into a sold-out venue. The audiences are so much the same as they were in the '60s. It's just an amazing thing. I can't explain it, but I hope it never stops.

I've always been a huge Butthole Surfers fan. The first time I saw them was in the early '80s when all they had out was their first EP. I thought they were amazing. They've always been a huge influence and one of my all-time favorite bands.

The first show I ever played was the International Pop Underground Convention in Olympia, Washington. It was girl night, and I was in Heavens To Betsy. I had just turned 18.

No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song.

I like revisiting my early work, and people like to hear it. I don't make people suffer through any experimentation or new material. When I go see an artist, I want to hear the songs that drew me to them, so I do the same.

That was a time when I did love music, I couldn't get enough of what was going on. Maybe it was Nirvana that brought me back. I guess it was a comfort because something that sounded so right - and non-commercial - had become so influential, so immediately.

To reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again.

When I was growing up, Green Day had just come out.

Back in the 1960s, I saw Peter, Paul and Mary. I was at that age, about 14, and I was mesmerized.

I love Southern rock; it's because I grew up on it, and no matter where I am, I'll always be a Georgia girl.

It's so crazy to think about touring with Weezer because that's a band that I grew up with.

When you hear people scream because they're about to hear a song that has been a part of their life, there's nothing like that.

Seeing a live Kenny Chesney show, you know what you're going to get. You know it's going to be an all-day party.

The Bad Seeds are a band I will travel a great distance to see whenever possible.

I grew up in South Carolina. A lot of what I remember back in the day is AM radio. When I was a kid, you could hear Stevie Wonder and Buck Owens on the same station. All the walls and lines between music were taken down for me.