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These are the kind of interviews I live for, not the ones about the music or the inspirations of the band, but the ones about the facial hair, more specifically… the moustachio.

Jim James recently did an interview with AMI, the American Moustache Institute, which I didn’t even know existed until now, and now that I do I think my life has been changed forever. I might just have to start growing out a moustache myself.

Jim James speaks of his reasoning behind dropping the full facial hair and going with just the plain moustache.

HAVING ONLY A MUSTACHE IS A FEELING UNLIKE ANY OTHER. A FEELING OF DEEP PRIDE AND SOPHISTICATION. WHEN I WENT FOR THE ‘STACHE-ONLY WAY OF LIFE, I WAS TRYING TO CONJURE UP SOME OF THE POWER OF JAMES BROWN’S ‘STACHE PERIOD – WHICH I FELT. HAVE YOU SEEN HIS PERFORMANCE OF “THE BIG PAYBACK” ON THE MIDNITE SPECIAL FROM 1974? HOLY SHIT! AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO WANTED TO FEEL LIKE A TOP RATE T-BALL COACH.

ANYWAYS, I GUESS I DIFFER JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM YOUR STRICT “MUSTACHE ONLY” POLICY IN THAT, WHILE I BELIEVE THAT “MUSTACHE ONLY” IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL LOOKS ONE CAN POSSES, I AM EQUALLY A FAN OF THE MUSTACHE WITH A FULL BEARD. I FEEL EVERY MAN LOOKS BEST WITH HIS GOD-GIVEN FACIAL HAIR, AS LONG AS IT’S NOT A BEARD WITH NO MUSTACHE. THE ‘STACHE MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES.

Hilarious and profound at the same time.There are also some other interesting tidbits in this interview like Jim James thoughts on Dave Navarro, Neil Diamond’s Underpants, and his Love for Curtis Mayfield.

Link here (Via Glide)

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