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I'm Really Anti-option, So Computers Have Been My Nightmare With Recording. I Don't Want Endless Tracks; I Want Less Tracks. I Want Decisions To Be Made.

I'm Always Happy When I Hear About People Selling Records Or Selling Books Or Selling Movies. It Makes Me Proud Of Them.

I Don't Watch Tv But Occasionally I'll Read The Washington Post. I Will Say That Sports Are The Only "real Thing" On Television.

Skateboarding Is Not A Hobby. And It Is Not A Sport. Skateboarding Is A Way Of Learning How To Redefine The World Around You. For Most People, When They Saw A Swimming Pool, They Thought, ‘let's Take A Swim.' But I Thought, ‘let's Ride It.' When They Saw The Curb Or A Street, They Would Think About Driving On It. I Would Think About The Texture. I Slowly Developed The Ability To Look At The World Through Totally Different Means.

I'm Not Talking About What Came Later [after The American Underground Punk Scene], Indie Music, Or Whatever You Want To Call It, But The Music That Came Before That - That's An Important Story. So Many Interviews With Musicians Get The Time Or Context Wrong. You Have These Older Bands, Usually Men, Who Tell Stories About "oh, We Got Into This Huge Fight, This Guy Punched That Guy," That's The Wrong Sort Of Story. My View Of The Time Is Truly Pioneering.