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Throwaway Pens Are No Good - I Never Liked Them. I've Tried Them All.

I Was A Child Of American Popular Culture. All I Did As A Kid Was What I Could Get At The Local Supermarket Or The Dime Store. Nothing Else Was Seen. Plus What Was On Television, Or The Movie Theatre. That Was It.

Some Things I Won't Do For Any Amount Of Money. That's So Demoralizing And Goes Against Every Principle That I Hold. It's Like, Okay, Some Rich People Can Buy Me Because I'm A Talented Guy. They Can Buy Talent. You Can't Buy It For Yourself, But You Can Buy Other People's Talent To Serve Your Purposes. And Once An Artist Does That, He Becomes Like A Plaything Of The Rich. You Know, Some Of These Wealthy Collectors Have Paid Lots Of Money For Artwork That I Already Did, But I Didn't Do It With The Intention Of Catering To Them.

At Least I Hate Myself As Much As I Hate Anybody Else.

There's Some Connection Between Visual Images And Music. But There's Plenty Of Old Records Where I Have No Idea What The Band Looked Like, Or Even What Sort Of Context The Music Was Played In.