As Hard As You Try And Create

Ultimately, I Know What I'm Doing And Why I'm Doing It. I'm Trying To Be A Construction Worker. I'm Trying To Make Things. If People Are Not Interested In That, Fine. I Just Don't Give A Damn.

There Are Certainly Good Examples Of Incredibly Brilliant, Beautiful Music That Has Been Made Commercially Available And Sold Everywhere. But I Would Say That, For The Most Part, Quantity Certainly Does Not Speak Well For Quality.

I Do Feel Like I Have Always, In My Life, Been Inclined To Be On The Outside, Walk A Different Path Or Something. Because Of That, And Increasingly Over The Years, My Sense Of Distance From Mainstream Society Or From The Way Culture Works, I Have A Different Kind Of Perception Of It.

I'm A Fifth Generation Washingtonian And I Was Born And Raised Here. My Kid's A Sixth Generation Washingtonian. Honestly I Wish People Didn't Move Because I Love The People Of The City.

The First Time I Ever Recorded, Which Was Into My Boom-box, I Was Like, 'wow, Check That Out.' It Sounded Great. The Narcotic Of It Was So Intense - It Was Pleasurable. I Was Like, 'you Sound Like A Band.' Then I Ended Up Spending The Rest Of My Life Trying To Chase That Initial High Again.