 On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts. |
| To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done their best work by far with me. |
| Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place. |
| However, there's no theme or concept behind Heathen, just a number of songs but somehow there is a thread that runs through it that is quite as strong as any of my thematic type albums. |
| Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties. |
| I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir. |
| It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a judgement after only recognizing the standard or traditional structure of a piece. |
| There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what for me is inexpressible by any other means. |
| I never could get over the fact that The Pixies formed, worked and separated without America taking them to its heart or even recognizing their existence for the most part. |
| I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music. |
| I believe that I often bring out the best in somebody's talents. |
| I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting quite passionately at that time. |
| Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I'm referring to one who does not see his world. He has no mental light. He destroys almost unwittingly. He cannot feel any Gods presence in his life. He is the 21st century man. |
