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I'm Starting To Get Older, And Began To Think About Mortality A Little More. My Mother Died In 2003 And That Was A Big Shock. When Your Parents Start To Die Off, That's Going To Be A Revelation. So For Me, This Album - Although It Might Sound Quite Cheery - Is Really Talking About Death.

Anthemic Rock Music Is Inherently Fascist - Anything Intended To Move Huge Masses Of People Is Politically Offensive To Me.

I Took Some Lessons As A Kid But Trained Myself By Ear. I Did It The Way Jazz Musicians Used To Learn Years Ago, Which Is To Play Records And Slow Them Down To Figure Out The Notes. At First I Tried To Imitate Red Garland, Who Was My Favorite Jazz Pianist.

As Jazz Fans, It Was Amusing For Us To Play Jazz Harmonies On These Big, Ugly Electric Guitars.

I Have A Critical Nature, In The Sense That When I Look At Something I Often Look For The Flaws.