I Knew I Wanted To

Punk. . .was More A Kind Of Do-it-yourself, Anyone-can-do-it Attitude. If You Only Played Two Notes On The Guitar, You Could Figure Out A Way To Make A Song Out Of That, And That's What It Was All About.

Real Sadness Is Such An All-encompassing Intense Thing That It Takes You Out Of Your Humdrum Existence. If You Can Still Function, You Want To Show It While It's Peaking. So When People Tell You To Cheer Up, It's Not Always The Best Thing.

It Seemed [there Are] Musical Nodes On The Planet Where Cultures Meet And Mix, Sometimes As A Result Of Unfortunate Circumstances, Like Slavery Or Something Else, In Places Like New Orleans And Havana And Brazil. And Those Are Places Where The European Culture And Indigenous Culture And African Culture All Met And Lived Together, And Some New Kind Of Culture And Especially Music Came Out Of That.

I Try To Devote My Afternoons To Making Music In My Home Studio, But It's A Lot More Fun Hanging Out With Musicians And Friends, And Trying Subtly To Influence A Band Than Making Your Own Stuff.

Crime Is A Job. Sex Is A Job. Growing Up Is A Job. School Is A Job. Going To Parties Is A Job. Religion Is A Job. Being Creative Is A Job