I Used To Be A Hairdresser.

The Main Issue Was Deciding What To Play: Should It Be Old Ramones Material Or New Material? I Had About Three Albums Worth Of New Material, But I Knew That People Would Rather Hear The Ramones Songs.

Progression Is Important. I'm Always Going To Play Music In The General Vein Of Rock'n'roll, But When I Started I Was Very Much Associated With The West Coast Lo-fi Thing And I Didn't Want To Get Anchored In With Anything That Was Just In Vogue For The Time Being.

I'm Really Lucky I'm Still Around. Everybody Expected Me To Die Next... But It Was Always Someone Else Instead Of Me.

I Get Really Affected By Songs As A Music Listener - They Mean So Much And They Feel So Significant.

All Of My Favorite Records Have Vocals High In The Mix, Even If It's Music That Wasn't Necessarily Mainstream.