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America Was Built On An Attempted Genocide, Anyway. Guns Were Completely Necessary.

I Prefer To Be Subcultural Rather Than Mass-cultural. I'm Not Interested In Hitting The Vein Of The Mainstream.

I Like Repetition, But I Really, Really Like Variations, Synchronistic Things That Happen Where You're Not Really Thinking About Them.

In Hollywood Westerns Even In The Thirties And Forties, History Was Mythologized To Accommodate Some Kind Of Moral Code. And What Really Affects Me Deeply Is When You See It Taken To The Extent Where Native Americans Become Mythical People.

It Meant A Kind Of Real Liberation Of Expression. It Embraced Amateurism In A Way That I Still Am Inspired By. It Was Not About Trying To Get, You Know, Stadium Gigs Or Even Commercial Radio Play Or Even Record Deals For That Matter. It Was About Saying Something 'cause You Meant It, And Expressing Something That You Felt. And That Was Primary For That - Whatever The Scene, Whatever Punk Rock Means, It Was Very, Very Important To Me, Very Formative.