28 Quotes by Tristan Prettyman

Maybe the best hasn’t happened yet.

Writing music obviously comes from being inspired by things, and big changes in your life, and relationships and growing older and being more independent.

I’m pretty down to earth, I always have been and though I am on a much different path than most 25 year olds, I feel like I have a bit of a double life. We will go on tour for weeks at a time, but when I come home, I feel like I am picking up where I left off.

You can’t start a fire in the pouring rain.

Me and my friends get together all the time for girls night, or watch rock of love on the couch. I end up going out to a lot of shows, and surfing with my folks is always high on the priority list.

Never apologize on stage. Most people never notice when you make a mistake or if you are having a bad show.

I love being home, reading the paper in the morning and having a cup of coffee, doing laundry, going grocery shopping and running daily errands. For me, it’s important to have that balance in my life.

There’s a much bigger picture beyond surfing, its part of an ocean culture. Everything comes back to Mother Nature. Surfing is a way of connecting, and saying thanks.

Being an opener is all about warming up the audience for the main band. That is always fun, pretty easy; there isn’t a lot of pressure.