Most rock star moment actually was
probably being invited to hang out at
Chris Kirkpatrick house from N*sync.
A very Citizen Kane moment in my life
where I got to see someone who had a lot
of wealth, power and then got to see him
in that moment was just like "rosebuuud"
I accidentally drank Jordan's pee.
It was probably mostly tequila at that point.
I know it's just like filtered hornitos basically.
It's pretty rock and roll
Having the original drummer for Yes
and the original drummer for Heart
play drums behind me I really felt like
a rockstar having two drummers at the same time.
Probably when we headlined Barboza
and somehow packed the house and they gave us
a free palette of PBR and a bottle of Jameson.
They do that with every artist that they-
That's the kinda shit you don't say right now!
-I'm just saying!
-This was our chance to like-
-That was pretty rockstar.
My set got cut to one song
Cuz my computer started messing up
Right before I was about to go on.
The tour manager was like "you gotta cut your set"
I didn't want, to but I did. So I went out there
there and I was opener's opener and did
this one song and I just feel like
everybody's just really vibing with it.
Everybody went crazy after his own
and I just got on stage.
I just felt like I owned that shit.
The crowd yelling and having their hands up
wanting to throw your sticks and the
symbol and stuff back to them and then
like after the show being like "I got this dude stick!"
I walked out shriveled up in this Kimono.
I sort of looked dead.
And then I just like turned on everything.
And like just like, went off.
I've been out like that shows or
something and I'll meet someone and
introduce myself and say yeah I'm Alana
they say "Oh my gosh! You're Alana Belle?
I love your music!"
It's not something that I ever would
take for granted or take lightly.
The closest I probably ever came to
a rock star moment was on tour with
Swollen Members who live like rock stars
every single night of the week.
Just being in proximity to those guys over
the course of three weeks
cumulatively I'll say that was my
greatest rock star experience including
a death threat.
I did a show in Denver
and these kids came up like an hour from
whatever, Boulder something like that and
they knew every single word.
I would say playing in LA and getting out a line of
people that want their vinyl signed.
That was pretty incredible.
We collaborated with a Japanese taiko drum corps
And it was the most thunderous, epic, explosion on the stage.
Probably when you get VIP at a festival.
at Bumbershoot they treated all the artists
to a puppy tent.
I was petting puppies and kittens next to Janeane Garofalo
and I was like well that's pretty cool.
Sitting on stage at this
festival with Suga Free and Corrupt
during a Snoop Dogg set and drinking Hennessy.
Oh my god. My most rock star moment?
You know, performing with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
in 'White Walls' at like Sasquatch or at Bumbershoot
where there is tens of thousands of
people in the crowd and it feels so
otherworldly like it doesn't feel like
reality.
Shit, I don't think I've ever felt
that way.
I say my most rock star moment
was probably playing the Key Arena
and feel like this is where I'm supposed to be.
Oh man, I'm going to sound lame here
I'm gonna be like one time I paid my
taxes on time. I have to surpass whatever
I've done so far because if I can't even
think of anything I definitely need to
be working harder.
I think my most rock star
moment was sitting at a boardroom table
in an office in Austin, Texas during
South By South West 2013 and in comes
Warren G and he's actually serious when
he says "How would you feel about singing
Regulators with me on my set tomorrow?"
And my reply being you know "I've never
performed that song and I don't feel
comfortable walking on and trying to
experiment during your set" and then he
says "Alright, that's real.
Why don't you come and sing that Thrift Shop hook?"
And I did.
It was dope.