I Don't Think I Have Grand Visions

I've Noticed A Lot Of Younger Artists Have Less Fear Of Doing Different Sorts Of Things, Whether It's Various Types Of Music, Or Gallery Artists Moving Between Video And Sculpture And Drawing.

Sometimes I Write Stuff That Strangely Predicts What's Going To Happen In My Life.

Maybe It's Naïve, But I Would Love To Believe That Once You Grow To Love Some Aspect Of A Culture-its Music, For Instance -you Can Never Again Think Of The People Of That Culture As Less Than Yourself. I Would Like To Believe That If I Am Deeply Moved By A Song Originating From Some Place Other Than My Own Homeland, Then I Have In Some Way Shared An Experience With The People Of That Culture. I Have Been Pleasantly Contaminated. I Can Identify In Some Small Way With It And Its People.

Probably The Reason It's A Little Hard To Break Away From The Album Format Completely Is, If You're Getting A Band Together In The Studio, It Makes Financial Sense To Do More Than One Song At A Time. And It Makes More Sense, If You're Going To All The Effort Of Performing And Doing Whatever Else, If There's A Kind Of Bundle.

People In Latin America... Love America From Afar And Emulate America In Some Ways But Also Hate A Lot Of Things That America Does To Them.