The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it's really for kids.
All rock music is fake news.
In Germany there's something about rock music much more political than it really is - like everything you were doing was an indictment of the American culture. I read an interview with one of the members of Sebadoh. He was saying he had just got back from touring Germany for the first time in five years or whatever, and one of the interviewers asked him, "Why aren't you still relevant?"
I have to admit, I do not listen to much rock music.
I like rock music. I like jazz better, though.
I love English rock music the best and have always been fascinated by The Clash, especially Joe Strummer, their singer.
I don't know if I know anyone, with the exception of the early inventors of rock music [who wasn't influenced by something].
I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out with rock musicians in studios. I certainly have respect for those who make music their livelihood.
Commercial record has never interested me. It's amazing I was in a band like The Police that had such phenomenal commercial success. Part of what made The Police what it was was that we didn't all come in with obvious mainstream musical tastes. We were a rock band and somehow we had to make rock music, but it was informed by a lot of things outside of the mainstream for sure.
