“It was a wide selection. It actually was a wide selection. [My wife] Julia and I sort of talked about it in Could of this yr. And we had began to have the sentiments of, do we actually wanna dwell in Alabama ceaselessly? And it wasn’t the house and it wasn’t my household and it wasn’t the property. It was… Uh, I hate being political.

America is in an fascinating place. And I believe that for some time now, I felt dwelling the place we lived particularly, I felt the try to be poisoned on all fronts. With the mentality of the way in which that American authorities and insurance policies and tradition is — with the meals, it’s absolute fucking rubbish that we will get our palms on and it’s poisoned and laced in chemical compounds and all this bullshit, and to get the higher variations of stuff, it’s unaffordable.

And it’s onerous to afford to exist there. It’s onerous to fucking thrive and have any kind of good life there. It’s onerous to pay hire. It’s onerous to pay utilities. It’s onerous to become profitable. It’s simply fucking onerous. Then we began speaking rather a lot about life right here [in Germany] and [how] completely different it might be.

After we went to Europe in January, February and March earlier this yr — we supported Bullet [For My Valentine] — and I came visiting with Julia and [our dog] June early in January and stayed together with her mother and father, that are about three and a half minutes that well past the church that was constructed within the early 1400s, and it was simply lovely out right here and really calm and really great and we simply had a incredible time.

And we heard what they paid for his or her home, and it was an fascinating factor and it sort of reminded us… ’trigger we spent — Julia particularly, ’trigger I used to be on tour for an enormous chunk of that, however she spent a whole lot of time right here — and so we simply talked rather a lot about how completely different life might be and the professionals and the cons.

We thought that will be my ‘ceaselessly residence’ in Alabama. And it nonetheless is — it’s nonetheless in my household and I nonetheless wanna spend as a lot time as I can there, and who is aware of what the longer term holds; we might be again there ultimately.

However after we began fascinated by the professionals of being right here with… Well being care is reasonably priced, life is reasonably priced. From the primary week I used to be right here, I went to their model of like a CVS or a Walgreens known as DM, and I purchased the very same issues that I might at Goal or any of these issues, and I did a value comparability and it was actually double for the very same product within the States — identical quantities, identical the whole lot. And I used to be, like, ‘Holy shit.’ It’s not the identical model. However I used to be, like, ‘Holy shit.’

And then you definately go to the shop, you go purchase bread, and also you get this large fucking loaf of the most effective bread you’ve ever tasted to make these pretty sandwiches that you’ve two slices of fucking bread with some meat or some cheese or some fucking, some jelly or some unfold or some Nutella or some butter and honey or no matter you placed on it, it’s all pleasant, and also you’re full. Like, that’s a meal. You’ve two items of bread within the States…

We noticed this meme final night time with this man that moved from the States to Berlin, and he’s, like, ‘You’ve two items of bread within the States, you’re poor.’ [Some is] asking [him], like, ‘Yo, what the fuck’s up? Let me offer you 5 {dollars}. Get an actual meal.’ You received’t be satiated. So easy issues like that.

Don’t get me incorrect: Germany has its points, Europe has its points, in every single place has its fucking points. Let’s be clear. However this tradition with the federal government [in Germany] relies on permitting their residents to seek out happiness and to seek out house for themselves and their households, they usually assist present that. And it’s fucking night time and day than what we will comprehend within the States, ’trigger they don’t give a fuck about us within the States, they usually by no means have. And I’ve by no means felt protected and I’ve by no means felt safe. And I’m not afraid of getting fucking shot up each two seconds.

If we do procreate, we will ship our youngsters to a faculty proper down the road and we will simply allow them to fuck off and stroll by themselves. You don’t should be afraid of that. There are such a lot of perks. And we’re by her household. We’re within the fucking mountains. We stroll out our again door and there’s large, large fields for June to go play in.

Go additional than that, there’s woods. It’s extremely lovely and extremely calm and extremely good right here. To not point out this home — I don’t wanna discuss numbers, however we purchased this home that has three fucking ranges on it. We will dwell up prime, we’ve room for artwork, we’ve room for a backyard, we’ve room to develop creatively and as a household and no matter, and have associates come over and keep at any time when they need.

And this place prices lower than it might for a one month, like monthly studio fucking condo in L.A. — or virtually wherever as of late. It’s mad. So all of these issues and all of these elements sort of simply had been, like, ‘Fuck.’ And likewise, to be completely egocentric and frank, I really like dwelling right here. I really like being near a church from the 1400s.

I really like seeing the structure. I really like seeing outdated shit. I really like with the ability to take a fucking 30-euro flight to Barcelona if I wished to, or go drive to Amsterdam or go get on a prepare and go to Munich or Berlin and no matter. I really like with the ability to go to those fucking locations that each one of my life appeared so unique, and now it’s simply in my yard. It’s unimaginable for me.”