The Honey Brothers’ Adrian Grenier & Ari Gold – HuffPost 3.23.12

Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists?

Ari Gold: You better love what you’re doing because that’s the ultimate payback, loving what you’re doing. All the other stuff that you think you’re doing it for, cannot be said enough. You can’t count on anything other than loving what you’re doing, so you better love what you’re doing, because you can count on that. The fact is that for me, every time I get on stage with these guys, I have a blast. I love it. I absolutely love it every time, I’ve never not loved it or had a show that I didn’t enjoy. I always enjoy it. That’s because the music makes me feel good and it hopefully makes people listening to it feel good, and I know it makes my brothers feel good. That’s really crucial. I see it, I know a lot of people in the film business and the music business, and they’re miserable all the time, and it’s like, “Are you enjoying what you’re doing? If not, why are you doing it?” It’s so hard to do, you really have to love it.

MR: Adrian, how do you feel about it?

Adrian Grenier: Well, I’d say you guys are in the Wild, Wild West of music, to break down the music industry. It’s basically up for grabs and you have all the power to go out there and earn fans, take back control. I think more and more, young bands are able to make it a decent living, albeit it’s not like the fantasy rock star experience. But a lot of that was just smoke and mirrors anyway, because the studios were walking away with the cash in the end, and a lot of these artists, as much as you’d think that they were big and famous and rich, ended up with very little. You’re in the driver’s seat, guys and gals. Make the most of it.