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I Never, Ever Had It In My Mind That I Wanted To Be In The Record Industry, Because I Still Contend That The Record Industry Is An Insidious Affair. It's This Terrible Collision Between Art And Commerce, And It Will Always Be That Way.

I'm Not Talking About What Came Later [after The American Underground Punk Scene], Indie Music, Or Whatever You Want To Call It, But The Music That Came Before That - That's An Important Story. So Many Interviews With Musicians Get The Time Or Context Wrong. You Have These Older Bands, Usually Men, Who Tell Stories About "oh, We Got Into This Huge Fight, This Guy Punched That Guy," That's The Wrong Sort Of Story. My View Of The Time Is Truly Pioneering.

The First Time I Ever Recorded, Which Was Into My Boom-box, I Was Like, 'wow, Check That Out.' It Sounded Great. The Narcotic Of It Was So Intense - It Was Pleasurable. I Was Like, 'you Sound Like A Band.' Then I Ended Up Spending The Rest Of My Life Trying To Chase That Initial High Again.

I Jump From One Thing To The Next But Try And Strike A Balance. But It's Not Nostalgic In The Sense Of 'those Were The Good Old Days And Now We're Not There'. I Don't Think Like That. Not My Way.

My Point Of View Is, I'm Just A Person, And There Are Times When I Look At Other People And Think, 'my God, They Spend So Much Time Thinking About Things That Seem So Absurd.' But I'm Sure People Must Think The Same Thing About Me.