I Really Wanted To Do, More Than

Strangely, Some Songs You Really Don't Want To Write.

And It's Always The Same Kind Of Artist, I Think, Who Has More Enjoyment Being Slightly On The Outside Of Things, Who Doesn't Want To Be Sucked Into The Tyranny Of The Mainstream. Because Once You Get Sucked Into That, You're Dead As An Artist.

The Humanists' Replacement For Religion: Work Really Hard And Somehow You'll Either Save Yourself Or You'll Be Immortal. Of Course, That's A Total Joke, And Our Progress Is Nothing. There May Be Progress In Technology But There's No Ethical Progress Whatsoever.

It Is Amazing How A New Child Can Refocus One's Direction Seconds After Its Birth. Everything Falls Into A Feeling Of 'rightness'.

On "tonight" I Think I Was Torn Dreadfully Between Writing What I Wanted To Write, But Keeping It In A Style That Would Follow Up What I Had Just Done. That's Where I Feel I Was Untrue To Myself As An Artist . . . That Album And, To A Lesser Extent, "never Let Me Down."