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Tunes and ‘Toons
Eric Stefani relishes both worlds-and anonymity by Jennifer Vineyard
I don’t think of my friend Eric as a rock star. If he mentions his sister, he does so in a way you might mention one of your sibs: they’re a part of your life, like it or not. If he talks about music, it’s about how he really wants to hear the Dixieland band at Disneyland again. If he discusses art, he tells you about an animation festival in Pasadena he’s dying to see.
He won’t really talk, much less brag, about his own work-how he was the principal songwriter for No Doubt, how he’s been nominated for a Song of the Year Grammy Award for writing “Don’t Speak” (the awards ceremony is on Wednesday in New York), or how he’s already won an Emmy Award for his work on The Simpsons. Nope, Eric Stefani’s just a nice, normal person. “I’m the same guy I always was,” he demurs. “I just like music and art.” Read the rest of this article »
