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What are you gonna do when you get back home?
Whats your plan?Im going to the Bahamas and then Im going…
“I enjoy being in a band too much to ever go back to being on a stage by myself,” Payne told Rolling Stone in 2012.Kevin Kane/Getty Images
When is this going to come out?
In about three weeks.Ok.
I didnt want you to put in where I was going to be.
Dont worry about it, youll be out of the Bahamas before anyone knows about it.Oh, thank God.
Your dad is a really nice guy.
I got to talk to him a little bit.
What was it like hanging out with him in New York?It was good.
You wanted to be a fireman?
That takes some bravery.Yeah.
I always wanted to be a fireman, since I was a little kid.
This is kind of an easier job than that.Yeah.
It looked like fun to save people and then come back and play tennis.
Were you a happy kid growing up?It was fine.
It was just normal.
We used to go on holiday to America every year and had a good time.
That was the only thing that I didnt like about my childhood: my house.
My room was very small and tiny.
A bigger one I guess.Yeah.
Have you thought about making a solo album someday?No, not at all.
I enjoy being in a band too much to ever go back to being on a stage by myself.
Its such different vibes with your bandmates and all the traveling and stuff that goes along with it.
You just enjoy it a lot more.
Its strange, but its good to know that youre gonna be busy.
A lot of people are not very busy and, fortunately for us, were very busy.
Theres so much promo involved that we kind of just do work all the time.
Its quite a scary thought, but its a nice scary thought.
Its a lovely position to be in, so who knows.
This is really crazy.All the time.
Because now that we broke the records in America, its such a huge thing.
Its possible that it wont really sink in until about three years from now.Yeah.
