Poorman's 15 Minutes of Fame

“We’ve given out over $500,000 in student scholarships to kids that are much like Ben, that are independent and strong and hardworking and love the ocean like him.” — Jake Janz (Brother-In-Law of fa…

“I think the The Ben Carlson Foundation represents the best of Newport Beach. It’s all about, like I said, turning a tragedy into a legacy. The money that we’re raising as I look right now on the web…

“And if you’d asked me when I was 12 years old what I wanted to be, I would have said I wanna be a professional basketball player. But, you know, reality comes crashing down at a certain point in you…

“[So, you know, how crazy has it gotten on stage playing with the Descendents?] Well, I mean, we just have people coming up and. you know, diving off the stage all the time, the stage divers. I tend …

“[You wrote a lot of checks to me when I was broke for a long time. You did.] Well, you picked it up. I’m proud of what you what you’re doing and what you’ve accomplished. I mean, when you look back …

“But, yeah, I’m very proud of the Laguna Wall. If your listeners are listening in, go check out the new one. Get a picture in front of it. Come by the gallery. That gallery is actually, when I’m in L…

“[Didn’t your parents or somebody tell you you need to pick one path, either a DJ or a lawyer, and then you while you were DJing, you stumbled into becoming a representative for social influencers, r…

“[On his Jack In The Box audition at age three and a half] And when I went in, the last thing my Mom said is Rodney, you know, eat with manners. Don’t talk with food in your mouth. And sure enough, e…

“We’ve been going strong the whole time. It’s just that we’ve been in the underground mode. And you know, one thing about the underground, the underground never fails you. The pop culture might, but …

“Everybody was starting to become a band. They started getting other people to hang out with them, and eventually it morphed into what became The Germs which was on the single “Forming” that I did wh…

“I mean, it’s great to play with other surf bands, but we’re having success out playing with, you know, tribute bands, cover bands, original bands, blues bands. We played with a yacht rock band over …

“A lot of them are set in the middle of a story. So something happened before. You’re looking at something, and then something’s gonna happen later, which I did to kind of engage people so they’d loo…

“[On his early roles in Stand By Me and The Lost Boys] It’s just a job. I was a kid. I did what I was told. You know? What matters to me is the work I’m gonna do today because that’s what really matt…

“[On writing a memoir honoring his wife, Christina] It was very cathartic, and I got it all out. And I was able to tell our story. And, you know, she was a wonderful, wonderful, beautiful human being…

“I feel like if I go back to the initial audition I did for this film, there’s not that much information given to the actor about the project and the role. But I paid attention to one little detail t…

“The Jimmy Dale Trio is more, so like we tip the hat to my Dad. I'm starting to bleed in a couple of my own songs in the set, which are watered-down Kill Jill songs. I take the lyrics out, and I kind…

“So I think my favorite thing is just doing the really large extravagant grazing tables. I think creatively that’s where I have the most fun, and I think that’s where we shine as a company. You can j…

“I mean, first of all, you have people that - the internet has obviously changed things incredibly, Facebook and all of that - and people write stuff that you just know is wrong, right? You say that’…

“[Did he deliver all of you guys when your Mom got pregnant and, you know, had you?] Yes, he did. He delivered most of us kids. He delivered me, I know that for sure. And then most of my brothers wer…

“[Speaking of crazy, how crazy did it get in those early days?] You were lucky if the show actually happened because, you know, there’s a lot of halls rented out without permits and people selling al…