I knew I wanted to be an artist, but I never took music lessons. I was just playing around in front of the mirror and being silly, then suddenly I started making songs.
I came into music just because I wanted the bread. It's true. I looked around and this seemed like the only way I was going to get the kind of bread I wanted.
As a teenager I had friends who had little music studios in their bedrooms and garages. I'd go and play around; very soon, my hobby became a passion.
Each one of us had a little story to tell and each recording was based on that. Lou played all of the music but we both sort of kicked around some cords during the writing phase.
I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to be around other people. There was a certain sense a relief in the physical act of just playing and being with other musicians.
One of the things that I think is such a constant in country music is that the song is so much a story. I believe it is supposed to be based around a story.
I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.
It's especially gratifying to have done a film like 'Eight Men Out' because it's hard not to have fun when there are so many bats and balls around.
In Australia, I can just say to my mom, 'I'm going down the street.' And I can walk around pretty much all the places I know.
I think as long as there are folks on the fringe who want to make movies, the indie scene will still be around. I do think it's getting harder to get them seen though.
Horror movies are here to stay, you know? It's not a fad. Even the musical has gone in and out of style from time to time. Horror movies have always been around.
It's not like some movies where you're following a bunch of different stories you can cut around. There was nowhere to cut to. It's these guys. We're not cutting back to anybody else.
Virgil: When you're hanging on by your fingernails, you can't go waving your arms around.
Genie: Well, l can't do any more damage around this Popsicle stand. l'm... outta here!
Batty: Fiery the angels fell. Deep thunder rolled around their shoulders... burning with the fires of Orc.
I'm not a big fan of the post-Armageddon stories, where Denzel Washington is walking around in a torn coat.
Negative thoughts stick around because we believe them, not because we want them or choose them.
I think people have a strong desire to push me and others into some sort of political box that they can wrap their minds around.
I may have aimed too high sometimes, asked too much of myself and demanded too little from those around me.
There are people who look at the rules and find ways to structure around them. The more complex the rules, the more opportunities.
I'll have to get people to write songs for me right now until my own writing comes around.
