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[Alayna arrives and I ask her a few questions while Kevin excuses himself to the restroom.]
æ.com: Do you think you and Kevin will ever sing together?
Alayna: Probably not.
æ.com: Why not?
Alayna: First of all, I don't want to disgrace Kevin's voice with mine [laughs]. Second of all, my sister and I really write the most, we don't really sing anymore. We write for Sony ... so I really enjoy watching him and not having to hassle with singing. When we're at home, we sing together all the time, but it's not something I want to do [out], you know what I mean?
æ.com: Do you guys have any plans to be parents someday?
Alayna: Perhaps. Maybe. We're thinking about it. I want to have kids ... I don't think it's the smartest thing to have a bunch of kids while half of us is on the road. I mean, if you're gone for four months at a time, I have a problem with that, you know? So I think that when Kevin has more freedom to set his own schedule and that sort of thing, perhaps. I've always seen myself having six kids, 'cause I come from such a big family. So I think [for now] we're just going to take it easy.
æ.com: Do you have a possibility of having twins? I don't know how that works.
Alayna: I'm sure we do, my brothers are twins too, they're identical also. You know identical twins are sort of acts of God and fraternal twins are every other generation so you never know. I would love to have twins, absolutely.
æ.com: What's your favorite song to hear Kevin sing live?
Alayna: Live? My favorite one right now is "Angel With No Wings" when he breaks down the bridge and makes it into a big band thing. It's definitely the best. I'm trying to encourage him to do a big band record, actually. Because he would be so brilliant at it, you know? That's my favorite to hear him sing live. His voice sounds the best on "Alleluia."
[Kevin returns from the restroom, they talk some, and Alayna bids goodbye. She has to leave to meet someone for lunch. I have a couple more questions for Kevin.]
æ.com: In the future, what do you forsee coming first, another Kevin Max album or another dc talk album?
Kmax: It's an interesting question. If I were to put my money on it, I'd say a Kevin Max record before dc talk. I think each of us wants to establish the fact that we're serious about solo careers. And the band is definitely going to come back and make another record because we're contractually bound to do that. But I think in order for us to establish ourselves as serious artists outside of dc talk we almost have to do another record to let people know we're serious about it. And I'm already writing for another record, I'm not writing for dc talk right now, so it seems my path has already been laid for me in a way. It's like Gandalf says in Lord of the Rings, 'The one who wanders is not lost.' It's alright to wander sometimes, you know.
æ.com: How many times did you see that movie?
Kmax: I actually saw it three times. I'm actually really looking forward to it coming out on DVD because I'm a DVD freak, being able to stop at certain moments and look at the way they made it. I actually went out and bought the National Geographic story on the making of it and the world of Tolkien.
æ.com: So are you going to go to New Zealand to see where they made it?
Kmax: Oh yeah, I love New Zealand. I'd love to do a show there, actually. I don't know if I have any offers for there yet, but I'd love to go there and do a show.
æ.com: Well, hey, thanks so much for taking the time to talk to me.
Kmax: You're very welcome.
Also, extra special thanks to Alayna Max for taking the pictures!
