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Let's Say For Instance People Say, "he's A Really Totalitarian, Strict Guy, He's Hard To Work With Or Whatever." I Don't Think It's True, But People's Perception Of Me Leads That Direction, Like I'm A Fundamentalist Person. I End Up Having To Spend Extra Time Saying, "i'm Not A Fundamentalist." I Have Other Stuff To Do.

I Just Have Work To Do; I Just Do It.

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.

The Food Thing Is Crazy To Me. In This Town The Beer Thing Is Also Crazy To Me. Frankly Even With Brightest Young Things, It's Such A Celebration Of [beer And Food], All This Stuff. I Don't Think It's Bad Or Evil, But There's Something Out Of Bounds. It's Like, "a Bar Opened!" Who Cares? Think About That.

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.