I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.
I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
Rock & roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world.
I see a lot of comments on Twitter and stuff about how ugly I am, how bad I am at the drums, how awkward I look, and I'm like, yeah, I agree with most of those things.
In theory, when you're working with a record label, you're just borrowing their money. And that's basically how the record industry works, right? It's like, you borrow $100,000 from a record label, so you don't make any money until you make back that money for them. In theory, they have you held hostage, so you've got to do every little stupid thing that they want you to do.
Fast food is the one thing everyone can relate to. It's depressing, but also interesting, that people desire to eat the same sandwich in every single city in the world. But the biggest bummer is when you see a Subway in Berlin. Just devastating.
One day you look out and the audience consists of 65,000 people. It's like looking in the mirror and one day you realise you've gone grey.
Oh blessed a thousand times the peasant who is born, eats and dies without anybody bothering about his affairs.
Will and energy sometimes prove greater than either genius or talent or temperament.
I think that Yes' music is kind of on its own out there, and it goes through different chapters, and that involves different people. I don't think it's a case of 'any year is better than any other. ' They can all co-exist quite comfortably.
Catholic school gave me the tools to reject the very religion they wanted me to have. They taught me how to think for myself and to be independent.