I Think It's My Nature

People Ask Me: ‘what Is Punk? How Do You Define Punk?' Here's How I Define Punk: It's A Free Space. It Could Be Called Jazz. It Could Be Called Hip-hop. It Could Be Called Blues, Or Rock, Or Beat. It Could Be Called Techno. It's Just A New Idea. For Me, It Was Punk Rock. That Was My Entrance To This Idea Of The New Ideas Being Able To Be Presented In An Environment That Wasn't Being Dictated By A Profit Motive.

I Obviously Use Computers. My Car Is Wondrous. My Phone Is Amazing. I've Already Talked About The Music I'm Digitizing. Technology Is Fantastic, Of Course.

The Thing Is, People Can't Complain About Profit-oriented Moves If They're Only Interested In Profit Themselves. You Can't Have It Both Ways. If They're Willing To Polish Up A Gift And Sell It To Make Money, They Can't Really Complain About The Fact That Somebody Above Them Has Sold Them Down The River. That's The Way It Goes.

I Feel Quite Connected To The Past, And My Memory. Everything That I've Ever Done I Can Still Relate To, And Feel Connected To It In A Way. There's No Part Of My Life That I Look At And Go, 'i Don't Recognize That Person At All.

I'm Not Talking About What Came Later [after The American Underground Punk Scene], Indie Music, Or Whatever You Want To Call It, But The Music That Came Before That - That's An Important Story. So Many Interviews With Musicians Get The Time Or Context Wrong. You Have These Older Bands, Usually Men, Who Tell Stories About "oh, We Got Into This Huge Fight, This Guy Punched That Guy," That's The Wrong Sort Of Story. My View Of The Time Is Truly Pioneering.