ANDREW W.K. | The Party Hard Mindset [FULL INTERVIEW]

About this video

In this full interview, Clark Kegley talks with musician Andrew W.K., for whom Kegley plays drums. They recount how Kegley posted a drum cover after seeing Andrew W.K. at Warped Tour in 2010, quit drums for college and entrepreneurship, recommitted after feeling jealous at a 2015 show, and within about 60 days received Andrew’s tweet inviting him to audition — a moment Andrew describes as inevitable clarity, having remembered the video when the band needed a drummer in an El Paso studio. Andrew traces his own path from Ann Arbor to New York City at 18 with no plan, saying yes to every show and taking massive action rather than waiting for conditions or permission, even playing alone and learning to sing and play guitar because the vision had to exist. The conversation covers trying many things versus focusing like a pinpoint, painful professional relationships and learning that sometimes there is no tidy lesson or closure, forgiveness as vowing never to do the same to others, balancing ambition and dissatisfaction, embracing confusion and uncertainty over control, and daily small steps. In rapid-fire answers, Andrew says the best advice is simply do not quit, credits exercise, learns most from bandmates and collaborators, and wants to be remembered for ‘Party.’

Key takeaways

• Kegley’s drumming opportunity came years after a single cover video, shortly after he recommitted to drums — presented as an example of full commitment without knowing how it would pay off.
• Andrew W.K. advocates massive action: move, say yes to shows, and start before you feel ready or have permission, rather than waiting for perfect conditions.
• He argues both breadth and focus have value in sequence — try many things for experience, then focus — rather than treating them as a permanent either/or.
• On painful relationships and failures, he says sometimes there is no closure or lesson, and a workable response is to vow never to treat someone else that way.
• His practical advice for beginners is a tiny daily practice — even one to five minutes — plus exercise, and the rule he repeats most: do not stop or quit.

Episode details: published October 22, 2019 · 46:24 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Clark Kegley’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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