The Tao of Bach: 9 Quotes from Sebastian Bach’s Wild ‘Esquire’ Interview

Author Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter

July 30th, 2020 5:06 PM

Sebastian Bach is having a bit of a moment right now thanks to red wine and Twitter.

Bach went viral and began to trend on Twitter after drinking an undisclosed amount of red wine and tweeting on July 15, “If you support Donald Trump you stand against rock n’ roll and every musician in America who has been put out of work because a reality television show host doesn’t believe in science.”

Not only did this lead to Bach gaining nearly 25,000 new Twitter followers practically overnight, but Esquire came a-knocking and yielded one wild interview that really only Sebastian Bach could give. The whole interview is well worth a read, but here are just nine great quotes. (Spoiler: There’s plenty more so read the whole interview!)

• On not being able to keep track of time.

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  "...I know it's cliché... but I don't know what day or time it is. I can't even make a Zoom call happen. I check and I'm like, 'What's on my schedule today? Hm, I have nothing to do with the rest of my life.' That's my f---ing schedule, unless something changes."

• On getting drunk, going on Twitter and going viral with his July 15th tweet about President Trump

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  "Well, let me give you the God's honest truth. The one thing about this pandemic that I've realized is that alcohol produces a different buzz locked down in your house for five months than it does riding on your tour bus to your next sold-out gig. It's a different buzz, actually, I've found...I've loved red wine my whole life until March, when this s--- happened. When this s--- happened? I lost my—it's just a different buzz! It's a different feeling, no matter how hard I try, I can't really drink red wine anymore. What happened was that night was one of the nights I tried. And for some reason, I gained like 25,000 f---ing followers on Twitter in one night, and I was drunk. I was like, 'What the fuck is happening?' I've been on Twitter for ten years, being just me, and that night, I made one tweet that hit the center of America. I don't know why. Maybe I should drink more red wine."

• On red wine recommendations

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  "Try the Syrah. Andrew Murray's Syrah. It's the wine in the movie 'Sideways.' They're in the kitchen and said: 'It's pretty good. I think they went a little big.' That's exactly the wine I was drinking [when my tweet went viral], and yeah, I do think they went a little big. [laughs]"
• On past presidents and wanting to sleep at night again.

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  "I just—I just miss smarts. I can't watch footage of JFK from 1962. I can't even watch that s--- because I'll cry. Because motherf---er is so cool and so smart and hates racism. And then we have this f---ing jackass. And it's just not fair to the country. I put Barack Obama in the same category. When I watch him speak, it rips my heart out because he makes you feel safe. And then he says 'Sleepy Joe.' I can't think of something I'd rather do more than get a good night's f---ing sleep. If Joe Biden will bring us a good night's sleep after four f---ing years, who won't vote for that? Bring on the sleep, man."

• On whether everyone has the capacity to change their mind.

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  "...I don't think everybody has the capacity to change. I think if everybody had the capacity to change, we wouldn't be in this situation right now. All we want, as a country, is to have somebody to look up that makes us feel safe. Like everything's going to be cool and our kids are going to be okay, and it's never been more opposite than that as it is now."

• When he was interrupted during the interview by a…let’s just say “special guest”

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  "Hold on. What the f---? (buzzing) Oh my God, you're not going to believe what I just did. I turned on something of my wife's. I just sat on a dildo. That is the truth. I was like, 'What is that noise?'"
• On how he’s surviving financially without being able to tour.

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  "...I could just repeat what David Crosby said in his article. 'I have savings that get smaller every day, and one day, they're not going to be there.' I know all of America relates to that. I don't know how long we can f---ing do this. Thank God for Cameo, that's all I got to tell ya. I'm like the 'Tiger King' chick. 'Hey all you cats and kittens.' That's what I do now. I went from Broadway to 'Hey all you cats and kittens!'"

• On performing and the overall concert experience

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  "...When you're in a crowd of people all singing the same song, it's different. It's not like looking at your phone in your bedroom because you can't leave the house. It's primal. People in the cavemen days got out their drums and beat it with a stick and everybody came out and danced. That's my job, and it's ended... for the first time since B.C."

• On not being able to tour right now.

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  "...I am not built to not sing. I have to say, the seed was planted when I was eight years old. It's like my fucking brain, after all this time, is turning into mush. I don't know if people can relate to that. There's no end in sight. Actually! There is! November 3. On November 3, we can vote the reality show experiment out. We can f---ing end it.

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Author Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter

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