Of The People Who Cook On Television,

It Betrays Hubris On The Part Of The Artist To Think His Medium Is Limiting Him, And I Think We All Recognize This

When I'm In A Restaurant, I Don't Eat Red Meat. It Doesn't Taste Like Anything. But If A Friend Of Mine Is Grilling Stuff At His House, Its Almost Always Great.

I'm Not A Particularly Good Cook. Part Of It Is That It Is The Kind Of Cooking Anybody Could Do If They Bothered. It's Improvisational. I Cook With Whatever I Have Laying Around.

In Terms Of Other People's Perception Of Me, That's Their Business. There Are People Who I Have Never Met But, For Whatever Reason, I Am Certain That These People Are Jack-offs. I've Never Met Billy Joel, But I'm Absolutely Convinced He's An Asshole. I Can't Justify That Opinion, That's Just What I Think. But My Opinion About Billy Joel Isn't Going To Affect Him In The Slightest. In The Same Way, I Am Sure There Are People Out There Who Are Completely Convinced That I Am An Asshole, For Whatever Reason. They Might Even Feel More Justified Than I Feel About My Presumptive Opinion Of Billy Joel.

We Have No General Conceptual Thrust For The Band, Other Than Trying To Make Music That Keeps Our Interest. When Things Are Novel, They Are Probably Things We Have Discovered By Accident Or Investigation Rather Than By Design