I listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend’s driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates.
BLACK FRANCISOne guy just kept asking me and asking me in an interview, and I kept saying, “I just got done telling you no, there’s nothing to report.”
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I’m really inspired by the interplay of visual art and music, a total artistic environment where there’s sound and visuals.
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I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
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We sing some song that we made up but I don’t want to make a record like that.
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I drive a lot. Just for pleasure. Sometimes I’ll get in the Cadillac and drive around the city or the country, kind of trying to get lost basically. Y’know, just see where roads lead.
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Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they’re in.
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I come from an art history background. I studied at a master’s degree level; I chose to dork out on art for much of my adult life.
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A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.
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It’s sour grapes, I admit, I want to be more famous so people are examining my work couplet by couplet, you know what I mean? That’s the level where I want to go.
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I have had UFO experiences, and yet, at the same time, I can easily be convinced that none of it is true. It’s hard to say whether or not you’re a believer.
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Everyone thinks I’m a wimp and even my own band hates me. Oh, well. I guess I’ll just flip ’em the bird!
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That’s the most important thing, to get along with people. When you feel like you click with them.
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It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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I initially felt shy about doing painting because I wasn’t a professional painter. I almost felt like I didn’t deserve to paint. But I have gradually adopted a different kind of attitude about this.
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If I have more creativity that I want to get out of me, I try to find other ways than pursuing solo records so much.
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I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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