"one quality i admire in all people, male or female, is the ability to
communicate.  people that arent afraid to say how they really feel, and just be
honest and open and willing to give anything a shot, people that really strive
to connect and get their point across while remaining open to the outside world
and others peoples feelings, those people are super rad...as a musician you are
constantly communicating with everyone...trying to connect, my goal is to be
able to provide an open honest outlook on life, just a starting point for people
to dwell on, and then for them to take it and run with it where they like."
____

"i just don't get why everyones got to be lined up and in the top 5, can people
just like what they like? cant everyone dig this person and also dig that
person? even if someone thinks they sound like this other person, without saying
this is better and this sucks compared to this. i don't care for one of biggest
bands in the world. but it doesn't mean they suck, it just means it ain't my cup
of tea. the worst is when people hate someone else's art and think that person
must suck just like their art. and then we all get on each other about trying to
get everyone on our side. cant we just coexist with each other and be? but then
again, half the time i could give a fuck if someone doesn't like me or what i
do. i am who i am, you are who you are. we are who we will be, were all just
trying to make it. so we can be proud of ourselves and have others be proud of
us, to be proud of others and route our friends on? isn't this what its about?
why cant we all succeed? or at least encourage each others too? if you truly
believe in what you are doing, there is no competition, cause what you are doing
is an extension of yourself and expression of your being, and you are a unique
individual."
____

"i think the most important is that if ever you have a dream that you want to
pursue. its most important to just do it the way you think you should. i never
asked many people for advice or how they did it, of coarse if i saw good
examples i would take note, but you i just was kinda like ok im gonna try this
and i worked it out so that i did it my own way, the way that made sense for me.
i think its also important to just stick to your instinct, play what comes out
of you, just do your thing, dont follow anyone else, let people inspire you, but
still remain unique in your own artistic ways, that way youll never have
competition if you think about it the right way. we are all unique to our own
beings, no one can take that away from you."
____

"The show in general was beautiful all around, i was about to cry the whole time
cause i was so shocked at all the people that showed up
though from where i left off and from what i can remember, things have just been
unreal and if it all ended right here i would be happy, i would be satisfied and
i would move on to something else...not that i want this to stop, its just the
beginning, but its important for me to realize that i have already accomplished
the goals in which i have set for myself. and that i am so thankful that i have
made it this far, i feel like i havent even tried, ive been having so much fun."
____

"Watching jack play is like a key unlocking every doubt or questioning thought i
ever had, it just sucks that negative away..hes so simple, he screws up and
until tonight i realize how endearing it actually is, i screw up so much, and i
dont mind, but i just give myself a hard time, and watching him screw up and
just laugh, its like man we are so human, and so not perfect and we dress up in
cool clothes and make up and hang out with people, to make us feel
perfect...maybe its just LA..i dunno, but its like none of that shit matters,
who are we trying to impress anyways? in the end it all comes down to you...its
good for me to go to other shows, and watch other people perform, especially
people who have inspired me from the very beginning, and to see those people the
same way they were when i first discovered them, lets me know that its all just
out there, watiing to be had, waiting for us to just make of it what we will..."
____

"but now i have realized that if you can be real and retarded and make mistakes,
thats the beauty of a live show, and so many things go into that show, so many
things effect each one, the dressing room, the dinner you just ate, the
interview you did, the phone calls you made, your whole day effects it and feeds
it."
____

"Q: Was there a moment when you said 'ok, this is what I have to do?' If so, how
did you make that jump from knowing what you wanted to do, to actually doing it?
Did you ever want to quit or think it wouldn't work out? That was a few
questions, actually. I've just been... stuck lately and thought perhaps you
could provide some insight."

"A: funny you should ask if i ever wanted to quit, cause lately ive been
thinking about it, not quitting entirely but its tough when you take an art,
something you love, something you really put yourself into and take it out on
the road, put it in front of the world for everyone to fold up there opinions
and drop them in your comment box...i dont know, its crazy, i just wish i could
do other things, and i want to, i dont think ill play music forever, i think
just for a little bit, there are so many things i want to do still in life, i
dont think we should ever feel like we have to limit ourselves to just one
thing...this life is so long and windy and full of surprises, i would like to be
a teacher maybe of music, or perhaps when im done with the recording biz, ill
teach a coarse on it at a local college, or ill help other artist in san diego
get there music out there...who knows....but as far as making the jump, the
transition happened very natural and slow, though that area is still very grey
for me, i cant really recall when it was like bam your on tour, things are
starting to happen, i was always just getting lucky and then before i knew it,
here i am on a plane to colorado. and yes i always am prepared for if it doesn't
work out, it just means there is something better lined up for me out there, you
gotta make sure you love what you do and love it anyways regardless of whether
or not it will bring you success, ultimately its always great to have success,
but i will always strive to make sure that i always love what i do, or at least
try, i think alot of people settle, some dont even have a choice, but if have
that choice, make sure you love whatever it is your doing...dont be afraid of
fail...."
____

"6. What is the best way anyone could compliment you about your work?"

"6. all that i ask for is for people to connect, if a song helps you get through
something, figure something out, reminds you that your not alone, makes you
smile, creates a memory, makes you think of someone, somewhere, etc...than thats
rad, i just love talking to people that tell me they can relate...that lets me
know that im doing something right..."
____

"Q: How do you keep it real and be yourself now that you're with a major record
label? Have they pressured you into doing anything that you weren't cool with,
or wanted you to change your music when you didn't want to?"

"A: well earlier i went to Walmart and i bought some Veet, and while browsing
the magazines i caught up with the latest issue of surfer magazine, were i
discovered this girl who used to date my friend and her latest and greatest
addition to her chest. i looked at my chest and thought, 'you guys are just
perfect, id never do anything to put you in harms way'....then i saw some
goldfish on the shelf behind me...yummy! while in line i caught up with the
national enquirer as the pages unfolded before me, i read all about cameron diaz
cheating on her hubby j timber dawg what what? and some other stuff i already
read about in the us weekly...then the lady in front of me was wondering what
Marlboros were on sale, she had never heard of the Marlboro 73's...turning to me
as if the girl eating the unpaid goldfish, reading the national enquirer all the
while holding aloe vera scented veet, is going to know about the cigarettes on
sale...at least reading gossip wont age me like the Marlboro lights she opted
for...the 73's were shorter, "its like they're trying to sell ya a half smoked
cigarette...no wonder they're on sale" she should try american spirits.

so how do i keep it real...well up above was a snippet of my day...so very rock
starish huh? i suppose cause i am constantly trying to stay aware of who i am,
most of the time i am also aware of when i start to change. some is good, some
if bad, but im always for the most part aware of it...aware when im rude to
someone, or really nice to someone, aware that when im talking to people after a
show, sometimes i really want to be watching the band im opening for, and not
use my voice anymore, that the fan too is probably aware of it as well...and
will go back to their friend, and say how totally spacey and weird i am. by the
way, the veet totally worked and my legs are hair free...i suggest every woman
go get it, it didnt smell at all either..im in love... but i always try to keep
myself in check.

being with a major record label for me, hasn't much affected tp, you are only as
great as your last work some say..and my last piece of worked has not been
released for major review yet. so its weird, i guess a lot of people get really
excited and some cocky, but until your record sells a bunch of copies, you ain't
shit in the biz. for me, i am still the same old tp, that comes home to the same
town, and the same friends, and the same parents and the same favorite places to
eat, and drives the same car and just went out with my friend to same bar i used
to sneak into before i was 21. the label hasn't tried to change me in any way, i
mean of coarse there are some things you have to make sacrifices for, but
nothing i haven't thought about and been ok with, or approved... they are pretty
much letting me rock it, so im stoked. i believe that if you cant do something
your way, why do it at all, or why let other people in on it... and Virgin for
the most part lets me do it my way, i have a wonderful support team over there,
and believe it or not most of my team is women!!! which i think rarely
happens...they are good peeps over there, those Virgins, rumor has it, the
trizzy p album is right up there with the new Gorrillaz album as one the biggest
priorities/projects/releases for the summer! thats what i went for when i
signed, my goal was to find a label that was going to be behind me 100%, so far
so good :) so in conclusion, id like to think i keep it pretty real and hope
that i always do... if i get out of line, print this out, and when you see me,
gimme a nice smack and hand me the copy of this, and say tp you betta check yo
self before you wreck yo self...

-tp, at the rents house, in my old room, in my old bed...thinking bout what a
great place this was to be when i responded to the question above, maybe i could
have done without the boobs and the veet, but i had to get it out somewhere...
-5.18.05 1:30am"