Actually, most things I say in public lead more or less directly to my own compositional practice, so I should be careful about generalizing lest they come back to haunt me.
As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings
What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.
Animation is tremendously resilient. Animation will recover, as art always recovers. There's always cycles of good art.
As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.
Disney had such a hold on the mind of America-they were Adolf Hitler. The whole country thought Disney was some sort of god and that animation was some sort of pure thing for children.
I draw what I feel, which is no more than doing my job.
A long time ago, I made a promise to myself: "Okay, you know what? I'm going to play music, and hopefully I'll make enough money that I can go back to school. Once I make enough money to put myself through school, that's what I'm going to do. "
I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie to alternative. So whatever. I listen to all if it. Classic rock and classic pop, all of that.
Everybody wasn't always wasted. Why is punk rock about getting wasted? Isn't it punk rock to be sober and change the world? I thought it was about challenging capitalism? How are you going to challenge capitalism if you're wasted?
I pretty much stay true to myself and try to find the good in people and not be snarky.