It's Nice To Be Able To Backtrack

I Still Make Music. I Still Write Music And I Record Music, I Just Don't Trust Music Promotion [and] Distribution Right Now Enough To Record A New Set Of Diligently Worked-upon Compositions. I Do Trust The Audience And The Audiences Very Much.

Cities Are Made For Enemies To Destroy.

As A Kid You Learn That There Are Thinkers And There Are Philosophers And There Are Theologian, And I'd Hear Little Bits Of The Ideas That These People Pursued Or Developed Or Created And I'd Be Really Excited. Then I'll Start To Read It And I Think, "wait A Minute, This Is A Rabbit Hole. This Isn't A Gateway Or A Ticket To Anything Except Itself."

I Do Not Want A Personal Relationship With My Fans. Or To Do Anything That Encourages Them To Think They Have One With Me. They Can Have A Personal Relationship With My Songs. That's Fine, But They Don't Know Me.

There's Very Little Admirable About Being A Pirate. There's Very Little Functional About A Pirate. There's Very Little Real About A Pirate.