The Nut Of The Thing Is That

I Was Feeling That I Was The In The Dead-end Circuit From 1980 To 1983, And I Didn't Know What Else To Do. I Remember Doing A Show In Some College Town, In A Tiny Club, And Afterward Some Fans Came Back. I Thought I Had Done Good Gig And They Were Going To Tell Me That.

I'm Not A Singer, A Walking Instrument Like Aretha Franklin. When You Get An Iggy Pop Record, You Don't Get "iggy Sings." I Am Also A Style Of Music, An Approach.

Dmt Was A Gaseous Wax That You Could Smoke That Gave You A 20-minute Psychedelic High. You'd Inhale It. And Then When You'd Exhale—poof, You'd Be High. I Saw Buddha, Man. I Know That Sounds Like No Big Deal. But I Saw A Gigantic Holographic Buddha — Correct In Every Way! Buddhas Can Be Very Intricate — These Drawings That You See In Books. Thousands Of Details Were Included In This Buddha. Where Did They Come From? I Didn't Make Them Up. I Can't Even Draw, You Know? I Could Barely Spell Cat, You Know? And There It Was. And I Thought, Wow — The Power Of The Mind, You Know?

There Are No Pimps, No Whores, No Transvestites - Gone. Now That's More The Culture I'm Comfortable In ... I Don't Like It In The House, You Know What I Mean, But I Like It Somewhere Around.

You Know What I Think You Get Scared Of More - Especially Me, After Touring For So Long And Being In Bands For So Long - You Start To Associate Certain Behavior With The Music. It's Like People Associate Having A Cigarette With Having A Cup Of Coffee, Or Lunch.