“He was with the Gigolo Ants before, and he’s really good.”

I think ultimately what you really want is a few people within any label that are into the band enough to really work on it every day for a long time and to actually try a little bit.

But obviously, the major labels have more money to spend, so if they feel like spending it, they have bigger resources there when you need them.

I don’t know that it was much better thirty years ago. The music industry just wasn’t as efficient.

The music industry was more oddball guys who did it for fun and now they are huge corporations that have become more structured.

Yeah, Jody [Porter] left. He’s a great guitar player.

I don’t know if there was really ever a golden age of the music business.

I’m not sure if he’ll end up as the permanent guitar player, but he’s the type of guy who can kind of step in and play anything.

It doesn’t always necessarily translate into them doing a better job for a band, but I think especially if you’re playing the game of commercial radio and making videos and stuff like that, that’s sort of an expensive proposition.

Most of what was released has always been garbage and some has been able to get through and last.

We have a guy named Phil Hurley who is going to go out on tour with us now.

Sometimes when you get hammered till the small hours you feel pretty good in the morning, but really it’s just because you’re still a bit drunk.

I really take my hat off to anybody that steps in the ring because it’s so hard – you’re competing against your friends, and you’re working in front of an audience who tells you exactly what they’re thinking.

We had already beaten them 4-0 and 7-0 earlier this season, so we knew we were in for a really tough game today.

And I think that’s reflected in the fact that, when we have problems that really are problems of employment, that are really problems of mental health, that are really problems of drugs, our answer is the police.

There are certain things that are usable, forceful, and vital about commercial art. We’re using those things – but we’re not really advocating stupidity, international teenagerism, and terrorism.

Religion has really spawned some monsters. It always has, historically. Go all the way back to the Inquisition, you know, the Crusades, the Jehad and so on.

Awards don’t really mean much.

And they really did not want Willie or me, either one, to “have a hit record. They wanted the money, but they didn’t want us to be the ones.