You Know What You Can

Music Can Always Be A Life-changing Experience, For Musicians And Fans, Or At Least Life-affecting, But It Depends On To What Degree.

If You're Working At The Factory And You're Cursing Every Day That You Get Up, At All Costs Get Out Of It. You'll Just Make Yourself Ill.

There Was No Working Title For The Album. The Record-jacket Designer Said `when I Think Of The Group, I Always Think Of Power And Force. There's A Definite Presence There.' That Was It. He Wanted To Call It `obelisk'. To Me, It Was More Important What Was Behind The Obelisk. The Cover Is Very Tongue-in-cheek, To Be Quite Honest. Sort Of A Joke On 2001. I Think It's Quite Amusing.

Many People In The Neighborhood Liked Hip-hop And House Music, And I Couldn't Play That. You Can't Perform That On Guitar Or Drums, Which Was What I Was Playing, At The Time. But, I Got So Much From Mariachi Bands That Were Constantly Playing In The Neighborhood.

That's The Music That I Play At Home All The Time, Joni Mitchell. Court And Spark I Love Because I'd Always Hoped That She'd Work With A Band. But The Main Thing With Joni Is That She's Able To Look At Something That's Happened To Her, Draw Back And Crystallize The Whole Situation, Then Write About It. She Brings Tears To My Eyes, What More Can I Say? It's Bloody Eerie. I Can Relate So Much To What She Says. "now Old Friends Are Acting Strange/they Shake Their Heads/they Say I've Changed."