People still come up to me and ask me to sign their records. That's right, records! Man, they don't even make records no more!
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records.
I keep on calling them records because they will always be records to me.
Actually I was writing with people that didn't get records.
People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right.
Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.
The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
People are really set in their ways in how they produce records, and I was at least open enough to where I knew I wanted to do something totally different.
I meet people at book signings. My record now, for signing, is ten and a half hours in one sitting.
They told me I should be making my own records. So I figured, 'why not?
So why sign your name in blood for more? It seemed like a sensible arrangement for me. I didn't sell large numbers of records and the record company paid advances they rarely recouped.