DREAM & DRIVE

"The word 'dream'—it’s important in music. It’s what keeps you doing it." ~ Hince 

 

"We got over excited by everything back then. Everything. Every night we’d let our heads fly way up into the clouds, dreaming we were super human and that our little band could go anywhere we wanted it to." ~ Hince

Rock n' roll plus photography - what's the downside? A new book, Dream & Drive, tells the story of The Kills last 10 years on the road, as seen seen through the familiar lens of a great friend, Kenneth Cappello.  History in the making, if you will.

As the title suggests, in looking back it became clear there were two factors at work. One, an honest dedication to a less-than-fabulous life on the road, and two, that forging ahead was made easier with their heads lost in the clouds. Let's face it, it takes a lot of stamina and gull to play dives and couch surf for the better part of a decade. Now, Hince seems acutely aware that perhaps the only thing more important than drive was their ability to dream - shut themselves off from the real world and focus on making magic with music.

Side note: I love the meaning the word "dream" takes on in the title of the book. It feels less like 'The Dream' and more like a place one goes, like meditation. In honor of that notion, check out The Kills cover of the classic Fleetwood Mac song.

 

"You remember the reality of some of these shows and then you see the pictures and realize we were playing to about 25 people. Yet somehow this magic would come, this faith that we were going to really do something." ~ Hince