TwiMoms interviews Sage

SAGE:

How did you and Nikki meet?
I’ve known her since birth; somewhere our parents arranged that meeting. 

How long have you been playing music?
I have been playing music since I was about 5 years old. I have been playing guitar since I was like 13, that’s when I started writing more rock-based songs. My friend Tim and I had a pretty consistent band through middle/high school, though the name and guitar players always changed. 

What is your song writing process?
It really depends on the song and if I am writing alone or with someone else. There are some people that I have really great song writing chemistry with, where we can sit down with nothing and come out an hour later with a song. When I write alone I am usually writing from a feeling that I am having at that moment or from inspiration from a movie or other piece of music. I pretty much always write the melody and the lyrics at the same time. I always have my tape recorder with me because I never know when an idea will come up. 

Who are your musical influences? 
I have a lot of musical influences, some aren’t even musicians  Growing up I was listening to Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty, Billy Idol, Sex Pistols, David Bowie, Roxy Music, but at the same time was really into No Doubt, Bad Religion, Blink 182. The New Radicals, White Stripes, Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn, The Violent Femmes, have been really influential. I got into the blues and old school country music a lot when I was 16. I love The Verve and The Libertines, The Smiths. I guess that’s a lot, there’s more. I live for music so I have a lot of influences. Theater, places, art, fashion, also really influence me. 


What inspired the song/music video Edie Sedgwick?
I was recording, and my producers were doing some stuff that didn’t involve me in the studio, and I went into the other room and started playing this old Gretsch guitar that they have that I just love, and the song just came out in about 5 minutes. I really love Andy Warhol and his whole scene so that’s always floating around my mind. The video was Nikki’s vision, combined with the song, and the fact that we got to have Johnny Flynn in it, and I guess people think Johnny and I kind of look alike in this weird way which allowed us to play up the androgynous insinuations in the song.


Which band/musician would you love to jam with?
Gregg Alexander, so badly, I hope he will one day read something where I talk about him and he will contact me. He is this brilliant recluse. I would love to work with Jack White. I think it would be cool to write something with Sheryl Crow, something kind of country. 
When you aren't writing music or playing gigs, what do you do with your downtime?
Feel very uncomfortable and out of place, and probably will randomly go somewhere because I get restless, or try to do things that will calm my mind until I am writing or playing. 


Any chance we'll be seeing you on the Breaking Dawn soundtrack?
Who knows? I don’t know that my new album will be done by then. You guys have the power if you really want to see me on the soundtrack you can make it happen. 

Team Edward or Team Jacob? 
Hahahaha. Team Rosalie. 


Who is your favorite author? Favorite book?
Chekhov is my favorite author. My favorite book though is probably Grapes of Wrath. 

What is on your iPod/MP3 player right now?
American Bang, HeyPenny, Cage the Elephant…the Nashville crew 

If you can meet anyone, living or dead, who would it be and why?
Chekhov because I think he understood the human soul better than anyone, and I think he is one of the most interesting people to have ever lived. 

What do you 'fan girl' about?
I got to see a Billy Idol show the other day, and I was definitely screaming at the top of my lungs and barely able not to rush the stage. It was fun.
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xoxo
Carrie