Names and theoretical things don't occur to me. If they do, I'm not doing my real playing mode.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all.
I don't have my name on anything that I don't really do.
And when I play they know I exist, and it leaves a space when I go.
I don't ever use my name for anything in terms of getting the music heard.
You have to believe that you are the character or the thing or whatever the hell you're playing.
Names are what people sometimes use to excuse their thoughts and actions towards you.
Whenever I play something, everybody just thinks that's who I am.
I play into the perception of me, but it's not really me.
I've gotten to jump into a lot of different things. And either being bold enough or dumb enough or naive enough to believe I could play them all, it's an exercise of self-delusion.
I've always talked to players about perception and reality. I don't worry about perception. There may be some of that, that people want to attach to a good name, but the reality is that some good things can happen.