I'm affected by my environment. Los Angeles makes me defensive and wary.
I do what I believe in. I do good work, and the people who appreciate it, fine, and those who don't, fine, that's good.
Now is the only thing that exists.
Mystery's a thing not easily captured, and once deceased, not easily exhumed.
You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!
It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots