Sean, as always, gets by on one word while everyone else needs five or six.
Beautiful tunes are all very good and fine, and great musicians are always great, but that alone isn't enough.
Something has to happen between you and the public, some interface that lets the public in on what you're doing.
If you can't get yourself understood, you may have trouble, so you need some interpretation every now and again wherever you might be.
Once you feel that you've learned some skills and you know how to make records, the next thing is, "Do we ever get to make one that people will really like?" Because then we'll have something to do.
All the money in the world is spent on feeling good.
Most folks, when they see movies or hear records, need something that they find pulls them in, draws them in, and appeals to them beyond just the notes. For a record to be memorable and great, it has to have something of this quality. Exactly what that is, I don't know, but I think it has something to do with an atmosphere, an environment that is appealing and attractive. And the people that inhabit this environment have. . . almost a message for the rest of the world.
You know, my brother won't walk out of a restaurant with me anymore because he doesn't want to be linked to me as my new 'mystery man. ' Same with my close guy friends.
Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.
Love is friendship set on fire. Hate is friendship burned.
We need a revolution every 20 years just to keep government honest.