I Don't Like Begging Money From Producers.

We've Gone Through The Urban Renewal Cycle In The '60s And '70s That Really Did A Lot Of Damage To The Fabric Of Urban Life - Neighborhoods Bulldozed And Highways Pushed Through, And All That Kind Of Stuff That Really Destroyed The Kind Of Social Underpinning And The Kind Of Mom And Pop Stores And All The Stuff That Makes A Community Viable.

My Favorite Term For A New Kind Of Performance Is "security Theater." In This Genre, We Watch As Ritualized Inspections And Patdowns Create The Illusion Of Security. It's A Form That Has Become Common Since 9/11, And Even The Government Agencies That Participate In This Activity Acknowledge,off The Record, That It Is Indeed A Species Of Theater.

People Are Renovating Places And Opening Ambitious New Venues. That's One Thing That Music Does. It Gets People Out Of Their Houses, And Gets Them Hanging Out Together.

I Resent The Implication That I'm Less Of A Musician And A Worse Person For Not Appreciating Certain Works.

I’m Not All About Money, But, Like Most Musicians, I Am About Survival.