Let Me Start By Saying, I'm Utterly

If I Get Even Five Per Cent Of My Ideas Out And Documented Before I Die, I'll Be Lucky. I'm Not In Danger Of Running Out Of Riffs Or Ideas Anytime Soon. They Overwhelm Me And It's Hard To Find Time To Deal With Them.

I've Never Been A Big Fan Of Subtle Art. I Like Art That Gets Deep Into My Head And Starts My Brain Spinning With New Ideas And Inspiration And My Whole Body Is Full Of Energy.

We've Never Had A Situation Where Mass Media Has Been So Censored, At Least In My Lifetime. When I Was Younger, Networks Like Nbc, Cbs, Were Independently Owned, And Took Their Jobs As Journalists Seriously. There Used To Be Documentaries Like "the Selling Of The Pentagon."

I Got Out Of That Immediately Was That Now, All Of A Sudden, Rock Music Had Become A Spectator Sport, That Corporate Labels And Their Bands Were The New Establishment, And Punk Was There To Fight Them The Way The Activist Hippies Must Have Fought What The Establishment Must Have Been Ten Years Before. And It Was Interesting To See The Reactions In Different Parts Of The Country.

I Think That What's Perceived As Punk Out In Shopping Malls Or In Chain Stores Or On Mtv Has Almost Nothing To Do With What Punk Is About.