I Don't Like To Think That I'm

I've Done Lots Of Songs For Film Soundtracks And Things Like That-stuff I'm Not Ashamed Of, But That Doesn't Represent My Legacy With The Pretenders...i Think Domesticity Certainly Doesn't Make It Easy To Write, You Know, Because You've Got A Lot Of Distractions And I Think A Writer Is Always Looking For Distractions.

Don't Get A Job In An Abattoir. Don't Be A Butcher. The Idea That People Have To Do These Jobs For A Livelihood Is Ridiculous. They Can Get Other Jobs. Shoplift, Man. Better To Be A Prostitute Than Cut An Animal's Head Off For A Living.

Things Go In Waves, And I Might Make A Record Every Three Years. That's Enough For Me, That Satisfies Me. And It Satisfies The So-called Public, Because They Don't Really Need A Record Every Year. They Don't Even Want One. There's Other Stuff Out There For Them To Listen To.

I'm Not Going To Judge What I Do.

You Know, When You're 23 And You Get Pissed, I Mean Drunk, You Can Just Go Crazy And It's All Right. But If You're 43 And You Do It, It's Like Your Best Friend's Mother Who Used To Come In Pissed And Everybody Was Really Embarrassed. It Just Doesn't Go Down Well, You Know, After A Certain Age.