How does the South American scene compare to the European and American ones?
There’s really nothing like the South American scene because they want you to be larger than life. They want you to be the hero. They want you to take pictures with them and sign autographs and be the rock star. The US is kind of in the middle. There’s a lot of people who are die-hard fans. They get really excited and they want to meet you and talk to you, but they don’t attack you. And then in Europe, it’s against the rules to be like that. Seriously, anything like that is considered bad. And that’s fine. I don’t care if it doesn’t happen. That is not why I do this. I’m not here to sign autographs and be a big shot. But it’s funny the way the Europeans are so preoccupied with avoiding [fandom]. Is it a respect thing or a cultural thing? No. It’s the fact that they’re so spoiled. I’m serious. They’re spoiled by the amount of bands that they have on that continent, the amount of concerts they have, the amount of fests that they have. And everybody is in a band over there. So it’s almost
