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'A Perfect Place' is character-driven. The director for that wanted a couple of identifiable themes with a bunch of variations. That is what I did. The director for 'The Solitude of Prime Numbers' did not want that at all.
A lot of concerts are just too safe.
A lot of people assume that musicians are comrades by nature. It's cutthroat like anything else.
Acting is even stranger than I thought it would be.
All time faves would be 'Smash TV,' 'NHL Hockey,' 'Grand Theft Autos,' 'NBA Lives,' 'Sonic.'
As an artist, I would never let myself get boxed in. I'm a human being, too, and like most humans, I have interest in many different types of music.
Being able to have a home studio is the greatest thing ever.
Conducting is way over my head.
Especially with Fantomas, i'm just trying to stretch out what the band can do. Figuring out, really, on the job or on recordings, what I can or can't get away with.
Everything with Peeping Tom is kind of a guessing game. It's constantly exhilarating but also exhausting.
Everywhere you look, there's someone doing your thinking for you and telling you what to think and when to think of it.
Forgive me, but Wolfmother, you suck!
From what I've heard, videogame soundtracks - obviously, there's less budget and all of that - it just seems like game soundtracks are farmed out among friends. And it seems like more of an afterthought. It's a videogame. It's much more background.
Golf is the only sport I've encountered where you can really suck but still have a good time.
Having my own label, I have to look at things in a realistic, bottom-line manner.
Hearing other peoples' interpretations of your lyrics, to me, is just a total kick in the pants. Half the time, they're better.
I always forget about some of the things I've done, because you do 'em, and sometimes they don't come out, and... most of it's almost like daily chores or something. You check it off your list, and then it's gone.
I am constantly amazed at the musicians that are able to do the same thing over and over for 20 or more years. That would drive me absolutely insane.
I am perfectly aware of my position in commercial music.
I consciously did not want to put a sub-Mr. Bungle band on the map. I don't think the world needs that.
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