When I Listen To Music These Days,

The Late '60s And The '70s, A Lot Of This Really Beautiful Equipment Was Being Made And Installed Into Studios Around The World And The Neve Boards Were Considered Like The Cadillacs Of Recording Consoles. They're These Really Big, Behemoth-looking Recording Desks; They Kind Of Look Like They're From The Enterprise In Star Trek Or Something Like That. They're Like A Grayish Color, Sort Of Like An Old Army Tank With Lots Of Knobs, And To Any Studio Geek Or Gear Enthusiast It's Like The Coolest Toy In The World.

A Lot Of People From My Generation Of Music Are So Focused On Playing Things Correctly Or To Perfection That They're Stuck In That Safe Place.

The Thing That Will Never Go Away Is That Connection You Make With A Band Or A Song Where You're Moved By The Fact That It's Real People Making Music. You Make That Human Connection With A Song Like 'let It Be' Or 'long And Winding Road' Or A Song Like 'bohemian Rhapsody' Or 'roxanne,' Any Of Those Songs. They Sound Like People Making Music.

And Later, If I Ever Felt That I Was Getting Swept Away By The Craziness Of Being In A Band, Well, I'd Go Back To Virginia.

At 13 Years Old, I Realized I Could Start My Own Band. I Could Write My Own Song, I Could Record My Own Record. I Could Start My Own Label. I Could Release My Own Record. I Could Book My Own Shows. I Could Write And Publish My Own Fanzine. I Could Silk-screen My Own T-shirt. I Could Do This All Myself.