With Alkaline Trio, we are who we are. We never really feel too confined, but when we get together, there is an Alkaline Trio sound, and when I go off and do something on my own, there is an element of freedom that I don't have with the Trio. Matt Skiba More Quotes by Matt Skiba More Quotes From Matt Skiba I just feel like all the things that I do in my life just make me feel like a grown-up kid. That's pretty much what I am. Matt Skiba feelskids Falling in love with somebody is like a rush of heroin, and trying to break up with somebodyis like trying to kick heroin. Matt Skiba heroinfalling-in-lovetrying I usually just wear black so my shoes and my socks are my rays of sunshine. Matt Skiba sunshineshoesblack I told myself I would never stop skating. I would never stop riding bikes or riding motorcycles. I raced dirt when I was a kid; motocross. So it definitely keeps me in tune with my youth. I'm almost 40 years old and I feel like I'm 17 years old, and I feel like that's really healthy. Matt Skiba healthykidsyears Even when I'm old and grey I'll probably be cruising around and bunny-hopping and stuff. In the words of the Descendents, "I don't want to grow up." Matt Skiba bunniesgrowing-upwant I do what I love for a living, and I also get to build BMX bikes in my spare time. Matt Skiba bmxspare-timespares The bike that I've been riding is a Big Ripper. It' an SE Racing 29" bike that Famous [Stars & Straps] did a collaboration with and Travis [Barker] gave to me. So that's the bike that I cruise around on and bunny-hop on. Matt Skiba collaborationracingstars I have the '86 Haro Master that I built. It was the bike I wanted as a kid and couldn't afford, and I'm like, "I'm going to build that Haro and never ride it." Matt Skiba masterswantedkids At an early age I told myself I would never quit skating, I would never quit riding BMX and being a motorcycle junkie. I just can't stop doing those things. Matt Skiba bmxmotorcycleage I was a bicycle messenger when Alkaline Trio was formed as a way to make ends meet and I've just always been a cyclist and then I got really into - through messengering - I got really into road bikes and fixed gears. Matt Skiba messengersgearsway Skating is what got me into punk rock. Matt Skiba skatingpunkrocks I was thinking about hitting races and stuff, but it's just, I think it's more of the era of when I was a kid and it just brings back memories. I gotta just chill and live in the past. Matt Skiba memorieskidspast I feel a certain amount of freedom just cruising to the liquor store to get water or whatever. It just feels good. It makes me feel young getting on the bike and - again, not going crazy, I do bunny-hops and I'll hit some curbs and stuff - but just feeling like a kid again. Matt Skiba crazywaterkids The extent of my personal BMX adventures were all [on] dirt tracks. But just the aesthetic of it that early-to-mid-'80s BMX is something that's just part of me. Matt Skiba bmxtrackadventure I used to race at the YMCA in Crystal Lake, Illinois, they used to have a dirt track there, and there was also a track near Rockford, Illinois, that I would go to. Matt Skiba illinoisracelakes I think I'm a man about the things I need to be a man about, but I get paid to play, pretty much. I do what I love for a living, and I also get to build BMX bikes in my spare time. Matt Skiba thinkmantimelove People think we're always dark and gloomy, and we're not. Matt Skiba thinkalwaysdarkpeople I feel like everything happens for a reason. Matt Skiba i-feel-likefeeleverythingreason I loved anything spooky, mysterious, or frightening. Matt Skiba lovedanythingspookymysterious The Devil is fun. Matt Skiba devilfun
