I Knew Most Of My Radio Listeners

We Live In An Age Where People Are Like, "i'd Love To Catch Up. Maybe Text Me Later? But Don't Call Because I Don't Really Listen To My Messages. But If You Text Me..." We've Displaced Interaction Into Sound Bites And Untethered Phrases And Sentences That Come Up On The Phone As Twitter Feed.

What Appealed To Me Was The Intimacy Of The Medium, The Fact That I Was Doing It From My Home, And The Fact That I Wanted To Talk. I Was Not There To Plug Things. I Don't Do A Hell Of A Lot Of Research. I Go On A Sort Of Kindred-spirit Bonding That Preexists The Interview, And Just See What Unfolds.

For My Next Trick I Will Make Everyone Understand Me.

God Doesn't Seem To Talk To People Like He Used To. Who's He Talking To Now? I Don't Know. Then I'm Walking Down The Street In Manhattan One Day, And I Realize Maybe It's Those Guys You See Walking Down The Street Talking To Themselves. You Know, Those Guys That Are Like, 'i Can't! No, I Can't!' Maybe The Other Side Of That Conversation Is God Going, 'you're The New Leader.' 'no I Can't!' They're Not Crazy - They're Reluctant Prophets.

Everyone Is A Little Bitter. We're Born Bitter. The Personality Itself Is Really Just A Very Complex Defense Mechanism. A Reaction To The First Time Someone Said, "no You Can't.