Anytime you can muster the fury to actually write in the face of the impossibility of writing, that's an achievement.
John MausIt's so important what you're doing in your life. It's tremendously important to the work, and no aesthetic theories take that into account.
John MausIn our culture, the Oedipal drama succeeds in making us assume either a male or female sexual position. Certainly this is an ancient construct that's rapidly coming apart.
John MausMaybe this is blasphemy to say, but I feel like music is not meant to be something that earning your keep depends on because it cheapens it and it will force you into making decisions in the interest of earning your keep, as opposed to the interest of the thing itself.
John Maus