I Moved To Chicago In 1980 To

I Hate 'foodie' Because It's Cute, Like Pretty Much All Diminutives Associated With Eating. 'veggies,' 'sammies,' 'parm.' I Eat Food, And I Cook It: It's For Eating, Preferably With Friends, And I Don't Make A Fetish Out Of It.

I'm Not A Particularly Good Cook. Part Of It Is That It Is The Kind Of Cooking Anybody Could Do If They Bothered. It's Improvisational. I Cook With Whatever I Have Laying Around.

In Terms Of Other People's Perception Of Me, That's Their Business. There Are People Who I Have Never Met But, For Whatever Reason, I Am Certain That These People Are Jack-offs. I've Never Met Billy Joel, But I'm Absolutely Convinced He's An Asshole. I Can't Justify That Opinion, That's Just What I Think. But My Opinion About Billy Joel Isn't Going To Affect Him In The Slightest. In The Same Way, I Am Sure There Are People Out There Who Are Completely Convinced That I Am An Asshole, For Whatever Reason. They Might Even Feel More Justified Than I Feel About My Presumptive Opinion Of Billy Joel.

Cooking Is About Presenting Flavors And Other Aspects Of Food In A Way That Makes Best Use Of Them And Makes An Engaging, Satisfying Meal. Taste Necessarily Comes Into It Along With Technique. Some Ingredients Require Cooking, Cleaning Or Otherwise Denaturing Them, Some Are Fine As They Are.

I Don't Think Anyone Has Exhausted The Range Of Sound Possible In A Conventional Rock Band, But People Do Become Slaves To Their Own Easiest Techniques