Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Lead singer of Matchbox Twenty who won a Grammy Award for the song "Smooth," which features vocals from Santana as well.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth14 February 1972
CityLandstuhl, Germany
CountryUnited States of America
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In a weird way, 'Veronica Mars' was my reaction to 'Freaks and Geeks' because 'Freaks and Geeks' was the show I wanted to write, the one I wanted to create, where there was no gimmick; you didn't have to have a teenage private eye. It was just these beautiful small stories about real kids.
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Before 'Veronica Mars,' I was not, and probably am still not, much of a crime reader. My mom left out a copy of 'Helter Skelter' when I was 10, and I secretly read it, and then I spent all my teenage years afraid of hippies. I kept away from crime books for, like, ten years.
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'Freaks and Geeks' was my favorite show when it was on, by a wide measure. And that's the show I wanted to do. I noodled with the idea of doing a show about teenagers that told small stories, small moments of personal growth.
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Teenage years are hard. And, having taught high school for a number of years, I think they're particularly hard on teenage girls. The most self-conscious human beings on the planet are teenage girls.
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It's funny: I always, as a high school teacher and particularly as a high school yearbook teacher, because yearbook staffs are 90 percent female, I got to sit in and overhear teenage girl talk for many years. I like teenage girls; I like their drama, their foibles. And I think, 'I'll be good with a teenage daughter!'
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I like something with a classic touch. That way, it's easy.
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You cannot fail without your consent. You cannot succeed without your participation.
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This has always sounded like a record that was going to be really great live. The show is going to be something of its own animal, and I'm excited about seeing it grow.
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Something that bothered people about 'Dawson's Creek' but as a writer, I kind of dug: writing those kids as though they were college grad students. It was fun and liberating and made for a true sort of writer's show. It was a fun year for me, because I got to get out of debt with my first TV job, and I learned a ton.
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The bottom line is these individuals believed him and he was able to portray himself as the type of person who could pull that off.
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And the people weve become, well, theyve never been the people who we are.
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I used to do lots of coke. ... You'd be tired and you'd do it just to stay out and go to bars and meet girls and have a good time. ... There's a two-year period at the beginning of this band that I don't even remember. I can't even imagine what the shows were like.
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My hope is that I hit it big with something, and then I'll have enough of a cushion to carve out time to write a book. That would be my passion project.
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About midway through (last) year, we started having to think about the big mystery for season two.