A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.
With 'Bangarang,' I didn't make any announcement, no campaign. I just put it on my Facebook and some other places. That's how I've done everything with my previous records. I've always kept it organic.
I never set out to be part of a genre, because I listen to all types of music.
Obstacles are an opportunity to create something new
The greatest gift of all time is that you can make creation infectious because people spend less time being negative If you log all the time with negativity in the while world, I wonder how much better the world would be if people sat down and did something positive. It spirals.
I don't care about having money. It's about being happy, man.
There's been not a dime spent on marketing for any record I've ever put out.
This is what you do now to give your day topography--scan the boxes, read the news, see the chain of your friends reporting about themselves, take the 140-character expository bursts and sift through for the information you need. It's a highly deceptive world, one that constantly asks you to comment but doesn't really care what you have to say. The illusion of participation can sometimes lead to participation. But more often than not, it only leads to more illusion, dressed in the guise of reality.
The Internet is a really strange place to be.
The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
I don't separate writing songs from poetry and short fiction. In the area where I work in my house, there's a word processor and a guitar.