Writing Songs Is A Profession; So It's

What Is Normally Called Religion Is What I Would Tend To Call Music - Participating In Music, Listening To Music, Making Records And Singing.

I Had A Lot Of Time To Myself, And I Would Listen To A Lot Of Music, Mostly Music That I Knew Fairly Well And Had A Relationship With. And I'd Think, Well, What Is It That I've Never Been Able To Do That This Person Or People Are Able To Do With This Song? Why Haven't I Been Able To Do It, And What Can They Do That I Wish I Could Do? And Then I'd Try To Do That. I'd Start Each Day Getting Into The Songs, And I'd Think About How I Might Get Closer To This Music That I Love, But Haven't Been Able To Make Before.

I Am Thrilled At Most Corners That I Turn Walking Down The Street, I'm Thrilled By Most Pages I Turn When I'm Reading A Book Thinking Of What It's Going To Show And What It's Going To Make Possible For Tomorrow.

I Have More Respect For Somebody Who Points At His Ideal - In This Case, The Ideal Of The Pirate - And Then Becomes Something That's More Radical, More Exciting, More Subversive Than A Pirate Could Ever Be.

Venues Are All The Same, All Feel The Same, These Generic Blank Spaces. I Like Artists Like Lightning Bolt-bands That Go In And Kind Of Change Things Every Time, Play On The Floor, Set Up In The Middle Of The Room. They Go In And They Reinvent The Space Every Time, Which I Feel Is Like The Kind Of Thing That Should Just Be Happening.