For many, an album is no longer a considerable feat of an artist but just sounds to be half-listened to while one is halfheartedly engaged in something else.

If I'm in L.A. for longer than 20 days, I'm looking for work, because I don't do vacations.

A gun in your hand makes a fool out of you. A gun in your hand makes a target out of me.

Contemporary bands often will do tour-only releases pressed and sold only in Australia. Crikey!

How memories lie to us. How time coats the ordinary with gold. How it breaks the heart to go back and attempt to re-live them. How crushed we are when we discover that the gold was merely gold-plating thinly coated over lead, chalk and peeling paint.

I think in rural settings, people have a different appreciation for animals than might the city dweller. In parts of India where poisonous snake bite is common, people have a much different value system. I live in a city. I'm not thinking about wolves, lions, etc.

The Bad Seeds are a band I will travel a great distance to see whenever possible.