When asked what patriotism means to him, Eiland said: “We have to understand our values and our rules so that some outsider doesn’t come in and completely change everything that means to us. [Brīvības] the monument, the land we’re standing on, all these buildings, all this history…
The musician admits that he really likes it here. “I’m glad I was born in Latvia and in the European Union! I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else,” says Eiland.
He calls Old Riga one of his favorite places – he lived there as a child and also studied at the Riga State 3rd Gymnasium.