Real Beauty Knocks You A Little Bit

There's Still A Feeling That Uncensored Emotions Make A Good Song. They Don't. Pure Emotion Is Just Somebody Screaming At You, Or Crying. It Doesn't Communicate Anything.

I Don't Believe That Crime, Danger And Poverty Make For Good Art. That's Bullshit.

With Pop Music, The Format Dictates The Form To A Big Degree. Just Think Of The Pop Single. It Has Endured As A Form Even In The Download Age Because Bands Conform To A Strict Format, And Work, Often Very Productively, Within The Parameters.

People Will Do Odd Things If You Give Them Money.

Music Is Relegated To An Underground, Relatively Obscure Group Of Listeners. It's Partly Because Of The Nature Of The Medium. With A Piece Of Visual Art, You Can Look At Something Ugly, Brutal And In Your Face, But It's Kind Of - There It Is. It Doesn't Take You Over In The Same Way That Putting On The Music At A Certain Volume Does.