If You Went Crazy, Would You Know

I've Had Production Offers With Artists I Really Admire, And Oftentimes That Doesn't Work Out. Sometimes It Does, But... For Instance I Was Asked If I Wanted To Do A Talking Heads Album Back In The Late '70s, Early '80s, And I Was Already Working On A Different Project And Didn't Have Time, So I Never Got The Opportunity To Work With Them.

It's The Only Way That Your Life Is Gonna Have Any Value To You. If You're Just Living The Same Life That Everybody Else Is Living What's The Point?

I Suppose People Also Have To Be A Little More Careful Or Circumspect If They're Going To Leverage Their Celebrity To Promote Their Political Aims. The Problem Is That Politics Is About The Accretion Of Power, And It's Very Difficult Not To Get Giddy With Power.

You Would Have Thought That As You Got Older The Voice Would Tend To Deteriorate In Some Ways, But I Always Look At Somebody Like Tony Bennett, Who Is My Senior, And Still Can Hit Those High Notes And Still Can Belt It Out As Good As He Ever Did. So It Must Be Something About The Voice That's Unlike The Rest Of The Muscles In Your Body.

Artists Should Re-emphasize Performance And De-emphasize Recording. You Always Make More Money If You Have A Healthy Performing Life Than You Will If You Have Even A Moderately Healthy Recording Life. Don't Make Recording The Most Important Thing You Do. Make Performing The Most Important Thing You Do, And Then You Can Make Recordings And Sell Them At Your Shows, Because Record Labels Aren't Going To Be Around To Help You Get On The Radio Stations, And The Radio Stations Probably Aren't Going To Play You Anyway.