I've been thinking lately on the many years I've been involved with music, the bands and people I've dealt with. The disappointment of watching situations dissolve and having to once again pick up the pieces and try to build something worthwhile. It is a hard road to travel, to be a creative individual in a world that is dominated by plastic ideas and false foundations. I have always kept my belief in staying true to my own musical vision despite this knowledge. But now I see just how wrong I was. I would like to make a statement right here and now. That from this point forward we will only play in stage attire that will be sure to give the audience a headache (and possible nausea.) I will throw my guitars out the window and purchase one with embarrassing designs on it to let the audience know that I've surely traded in my soul for a night in the city which has indeed been built on rock and roll! The amount of hairspray we will use will be the true indicator to how pure our spirits are. Forget about writing from the depths of my soul, who needs it! That's just the path for a fool! What we need right now is the loss of standards and the ability to make ten grand a night for performing songs so empty that if you listen close enough you can hear the wind blowing right through the chorus. I want to be given total adulation for giving it all I've got in the midst of a coke stupor and still be able to dance, shaking my shoulders and snapping my fingers to the beat letting the audience know just how wild rock and roll really is. I won't have to feel ashamed or second guess any of this behavior because I will be armed with an agent who will tell me that I am going straight to the top of the charts. How can you go wrong when time and time again it has been proven that people will swallow ANYTHING. It's time to throw reality out the window and wear a real grin from within!