Major Labels Didn't Start Showing Up Really

When Children Start To Speak They Find Their Own Voice By Imitating The Sounds Around Them. It Would Follow That Bands Do The Same. Bands Will Find Their Own Voice At Some Point.

One Of My Friends Was A Stage Hand At A Bob Dylan Show In The Mid-90s And I Remember Him Telling Me That Somebody Crowd Surfed During The Gig. And This Friend Of Mine Was An Old Punk Rock Guy - He Was Totally Humiliated By It. But Some Of Bob's People Were There And They Said, "oh, Bob Will Be So Excited! This Is The Kind Of Energy We Want At His Shows." That's Where The Old School Was At.

I Do Feel Like I Have Always, In My Life, Been Inclined To Be On The Outside, Walk A Different Path Or Something. Because Of That, And Increasingly Over The Years, My Sense Of Distance From Mainstream Society Or From The Way Culture Works, I Have A Different Kind Of Perception Of It.

Yeah, If Someone's Selling Downloads And Collecting Money For Our Songs I Would Be Unhappy About That But If They're Trading It I Don't Mind, Obviously If I Make A Thousand Records Or Cds Or Whatever, I Like To Sell A Thousand.

I Had A Bartender Friend Once Tell Me About A $14.00 Shot Of Vodka, This Was Years Ago It's Probably More Now. I Thought That Was Crazy. From What I Understand, Vodka Has No Taste. I Think People Like The Taste Of Their Money.