Lately I've Been Believing That Music Predates

The Only Thing I Really Wanted To Be Was A Beatnik, And Look What Happened: I Ended Up Being In A Band.

There Are All These Different Areas Of Specialization. That's It. You Have To Be A Specialist Nowadays. There's No Other Way. I Was An Artist For A Long Time, But I Was Always Into Being A General Practitioner. I Did A Little Of This And A Little Of That. And Nothing Got Me Anywhere. You Have To Specialize. If You Don't Specialize, It Takes You Until You're About Fifty Years Old Before Anybody Notices That You're Doing Anything At All.

I Get Myself A Gig Somewhere, Whether It's In A Club, Whether It's In A Bar, It Doesn't Matter, And I Just Work On New Year's Eve Because I Always Feel It's Very Symbolic For Me For The Next Year, For The New Year.

But As A Writer And Performer, I Want To Get Paid For What I Do.

But, You Know, The Issues Of Humanity And What Is Fair Treatment And Good Treatment Of A Fellow Human Being Should Not Really Be Based On A Personal Sense Of Right And Wrong Or Judgment.