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Speaker 1: One of two point seven. It's Kiss FM and Los Angeles.

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Speaker 1: That was bringing Matthew McConaughey. Matthew is going to join

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Speaker 1: us here on our zoom a new children's book called

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Speaker 1: Just Because, which is out now, which has skyrocketed to

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Speaker 1: the top. I was just reading here that his new

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Speaker 1: children's book has gone to a number debut at number

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Speaker 1: one on the New York Times Bestsellers or he is hello, eminem,

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Speaker 1: how are you, sir?

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Speaker 2: We're good this morning out here on the West Coast,

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Speaker 2: second cup of tea. Kids are doing well, school is happening,

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Speaker 2: and the day is getting on.

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Speaker 1: So I want to ask you about that. Because we're

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Speaker 1: a morning show. Our morning routine is so important, right,

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Speaker 1: Like we're part of a routine. But everything we do

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Speaker 1: before we come on the air, if one thing goes wrong,

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Speaker 1: it kind of throws us off. What is your is tea?

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Speaker 1: Your morning routine? Is that? Like, give me some detail

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Speaker 1: of what happens when you get up, so.

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Speaker 2: I mean I can look, I'm gonna say how to

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Speaker 2: good morning and talk to you. Gotta get my brain work,

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Speaker 2: and I like to be up a couple of hours before.

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Speaker 2: I'd be a little slower than I maybe already am

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Speaker 2: if I woke up just thirty minutes, so you made

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Speaker 2: a couple of hours.

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Speaker 1: Get up.

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Speaker 2: I'll do a little bit of stretching while I'm having

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Speaker 2: my tea. Don't mind grabbing the old.

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Speaker 1: What's that thing called the hype rice? You happen to

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Speaker 1: have it right here in your lap right now. It's convenient.

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Speaker 1: You got your thera gun, he's right and shotgun right here.

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Speaker 2: Get kiddos up, Try to get them started so they

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Speaker 2: can take their time. Same thing with the kids. Are

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Speaker 2: it's not They're not as good if they if they

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Speaker 2: rush in the morning. Take our time to have breakfast,

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Speaker 2: Take our time. My son's reading some scrolls right now

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Speaker 2: for a morning start of the day. Get to get

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Speaker 2: everything kind of set up. Talk about what we are

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Speaker 2: days going to be with the kids. Make it just

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Speaker 2: made them some toasts. Taking their time. They're ready, they're

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Speaker 2: out the door, and here we.

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Speaker 1: Are, here we are. Yeah, it's I think, not rushing.

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Speaker 1: I spent a lot of my life rushing, and I

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Speaker 1: learned as I got a little older, rushing actually is

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Speaker 1: a little bit toxic for me, Like like it just

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Speaker 1: puts you in a in a in a in a

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Speaker 1: weird headspace all day.

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Speaker 2: It's a good thing to be able to do. I

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Speaker 2: used to be pretty good at it. I mean, I've

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Speaker 2: we've all had those things. We wake up, we go,

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Speaker 2: oh my gosh, I overslept. I got to get it

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Speaker 2: a game five minutes. And sometimes you go in and

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Speaker 2: you performed great. Yeah, but then it catches, it catches.

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Speaker 1: Up to you. Yeah. You talk about your kids and

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Speaker 1: I just mentioned congratulations this uh book just because debuted

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Speaker 1: at number one on the Big List, the New York

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Speaker 1: Times List. It's fantastic, And I saw your kids still little.

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Speaker 1: They celebrated with you through a little party.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah it did. Man got home, balloons were out,

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Speaker 2: had cheeseburger's favorite metal and was out there, and they

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Speaker 2: were they were they were pretty excited about it.

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Speaker 1: Well, they must take they must feel a little responsible

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Speaker 1: for this.

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Speaker 2: I think they do on this one. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 2: the first book of Real Greenlight's been hanging around a

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Speaker 2: little bit. I don't think they need None of us

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Speaker 2: really knew what to expect with that because I've never

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Speaker 2: written a book before, and then but this one came

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Speaker 2: out and I kind of gone over over what this

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Speaker 2: book was about with them and talk to them about, Hey,

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Speaker 2: you inspired some of these couples because these are conversations

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Speaker 2: we've had, and so I think they have a little

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Speaker 2: more ownership with just because.

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Speaker 1: So what's the lesson in the two words just because?

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Speaker 2: Oh, the lesson with just because? I mean, it's that

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Speaker 2: two things can be true at once. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 2: my kids are all our kids and adults to it too.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes it's like, oh, I'm excited, but I'm nervous. That's okay,

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Speaker 2: that these two feelings feel like they're fighting and they're opposing. Well, no,

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Speaker 2: they're not. That's normal to be excited and nervous at

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Speaker 2: the same time. And not only is that normal, that's okay.

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Speaker 2: I need to let kids know that you can have

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Speaker 2: two dueling feelings at the same time, is go, It's okay.

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Speaker 2: I think it's okay. You got to let them know that, Hey,

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Speaker 2: you may have screwed up today, you can make tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: You may have dominated today and you may buggy tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: That's okay too. So I'm just kind of letting them

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Speaker 2: know that. You know, kids are told these days they

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Speaker 2: have more and more pressure on them at a younger

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Speaker 2: age to be absolute about who they are, what they

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Speaker 2: want to do and how they feel about everything. Well,

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Speaker 2: that's kind of I think partially, it's kind of early

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Speaker 2: on life where you're measuring things, you're learning who you are,

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Speaker 2: you're learning how the world works. So I've just packaged

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Speaker 2: some sort of adult themes and a kid packaged with

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Speaker 2: a rhyme and a ditty and some illustrations to let

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Speaker 2: kids know a little context of living in the poetry

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Speaker 2: of life as you go forward and as they do.

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Speaker 1: Matthew Mconnie's called just because by the way, which is

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Speaker 1: out now, And I saw you on TV, I think everywhere,

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Speaker 1: but I know you talked about it, but you were

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Speaker 1: you were sleeping. You were sleeping with dreaming and you

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Speaker 1: remember your dreams and I was dreaming. You remember your

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Speaker 1: dreams and you make something out of them, huh.

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Speaker 2: If they're good ones, you know, there's I think we

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Speaker 2: all have that. You're damn glad to wake up to that.

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Speaker 2: You're like, oh, reality about right. Sometimes you got good ones.

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Speaker 2: And this was a good This was a ditty in

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Speaker 2: my head. It was a sort of a bobbyl and Ribs.

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Speaker 2: You know, just because as I got skilled, don't mean

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Speaker 2: there is no law and it was kind of it,

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Speaker 2: and so I kind of woke up and kept the

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Speaker 2: rhythm in my head and started writing down for about

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Speaker 2: four hours. And you know, when you got a good dream,

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Speaker 2: you don't want to interrupt that rhythm of your thought.

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Speaker 2: And this was one of those. Wrote it down, looked

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Speaker 2: at it next day.

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Speaker 1: I was like, did you write it down in the night? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I wrote it down.

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Speaker 2: I woke up about two thirty and wrote from two

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Speaker 2: thirty to six thirty in the morning. Oh wow, that's

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Speaker 2: what's in the mom.

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Speaker 1: Can you get up? So can you? Can you be

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Speaker 1: in a dream that's a thoughtful or productive dream, use

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Speaker 1: the bathroom, come back, and then turn the dream back on.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the old bathroom can interrupt the interrupt the rhythm.

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Speaker 1: So that yeah, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that is when you get up, if you if

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Speaker 2: you do anything else, use it interrupts the flow. But

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Speaker 2: if you can stay in that little spot of being

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Speaker 2: conscious but unconscious half asleep and make that a slow

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Speaker 2: merge into writing or writing it down, I usually find

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Speaker 2: that helps remember.

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Speaker 1: Them in the zone. Matthe mcconnie, well, great to see

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Speaker 1: a pal, Thanks so much for coming on. Happy for

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Speaker 1: all the wonderful things you were doing, including just because

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Speaker 1: which is out now, appreciate as you have me have

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Speaker 1: a good day, see how as well? All right, so

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Speaker 1: do you this is a good one? Siciny, I mean

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Speaker 1: this would be good for Flora for me, I know. Well,

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Speaker 1: I think books are just so important for kids these

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Speaker 1: days because there's it's so easy to put a tablet

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Speaker 1: in front of them, So any chance I can get

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Speaker 1: for them to read books every night is just important.

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Speaker 1: Plus the lesson just because, like someone will say to me,

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Speaker 1: what's your favorite? Well, I don't have a favorite. I

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Speaker 1: like a lot of different things, spending on my mood.

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Speaker 1: What's your type? Well, not a type. I mean it's

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Speaker 1: like what what like that you don't have to have?

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Speaker 1: And I think as the seasons change, as your palette changes,

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Speaker 1: whatever things change. So it's just because I liked it

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Speaker 1: two years ago doesn't mean I like it now. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And the illustrations in this book is really cute too.

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Speaker 1: I want to get it just because what tonya? What

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Speaker 1: is so? No, you're being very philosophical and like introspective

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Speaker 1: and thought, who are you making eyes with here in

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Speaker 1: the studio? You? Oh? All right? She keeps looking off

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Speaker 1: making eyes. I don't know if there's an audience out

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Speaker 1: her window. Mr Marks next to me, yeah, are you?

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Speaker 1: Are you guys enjoying the show? Should we send some

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Speaker 1: people to go see them? A lot of news about them,

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Speaker 1: But Jonas Brothers tickets. I have them. We're gonna be

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Speaker 1: on stage. All of them play in Orange County next month.

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Speaker 1: Let's get those tickets for you next