John Popper
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It's like you don't practice.
You just play.
I had no social life.
What was I, like 15, 16?
I wasn't the charmer you see before you today.
Probably the frames.
You lie down in the basement with the TV at sort of half volume, and you just play until you get tired, and then you just watch some TV until you feel like playing again.
Weeks, months would go by that way.
Because I'm sort of curious about this.
I think...
Having time on your hands is good when you're trying to develop yourself.
You know, when you're old, it kind of sucks because you're out of the idea phase of life.
We say that sitting in a studio you built by hand.
See, I think it's just different ideas.
Well, I mean old, old.
Like, you know, when you're old, it just becomes lonely.
Like, you see these commercials where, like, hey, friendly helpers.
They'll come to your house.
They'll do light housework.
Hookers.