Status Updates From Phoenix: Liberté, Égalité, ...

LAURENT BRANCOWITZ: The working title in my head was Tits and Ass because it's the most stupid, horrible title. We were discovering the creative power of stupidity.
THOMAS MARS: The title came from a few things. The book Mozart in the Jungle.
I saw the film Lisztomania after I started dating Sofia.

LAURENT BRANCOWITZ: We talked a lot about trying to grab this teenage emotion where you feel invincible. The nickname we gave it was "jarrête tout, "I quit!" It's Chris's moment from where he quit university and decided to jump in the void of trying to be a musician. It was a very cliché moment! But "jarrête tout" is this exact moment of exaltation.

“A good band is a good drummer; the rest is filling the gaps.“ - Deck d’Arcy

“People were saying that we were allies of Iraq.” - Deck d’Arcy

“We realized early that the quest for success is a cliché. It's endless. And when you are a success, how do you define it? It's very hard to grab. For us, success was just to release an album.” - Christian Mazzalai

😭😭😭😭😭 each time i open a new page I’M CLOSER TO FINISHING THIS BOOK I DON’T WANT IT TO ENDDDDDDDD

i don’t want this book to end 😭😭😭😭😭😭 i’m almost halfway through 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 give me 1000 more pages 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

So much love for this band and this book so far. They're absolutely ridiculous and love them for it!