Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas On The Secret To His 24-Year Marriage
etcanada.comRob Thomas’ 24-year-long marriage to his wife is definitely the real deal. The Matchbox Twenty frontman, along with bandmate Paul John Doucette, recently sat down with ET Canada’s Morgan Hoffman to discuss their new album Where The Light Goes.
Thomas also opened up about the secret to his long-time marriage to wife Marisol Maldonado. Thomas began by stating when he was 20 and writing about love and loss, he “had never really lost anything,” and was writing with “a romanticized version of everything” in his mind. READ MORE: Rob Thomas Honours Late INXS Frontman Michael Hutchence With Surprise Appearance By Bandmate Andrew Farriss “I’ve been married for 24 years now.
I have an understanding of, like, even if I’m writing about loss, I’m writing about, like, what it would feel like to lose this thing that means so much to me, you know?
And children. Oh, God,” remarked the Grammy winner. On the special key to an everlasting marriage, Thomas emphasized the need for friendship: “We try and we try to stay friends first.
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