I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.
There's a certain kind of cultural energy pursued by the gatekeepers of elite discourse, who want to argue that Americans fundamentally agree with each other, and that's the health of the nation.
Sometimes they are a matter of luck; the photographer could not expect or hope for them. Sometimes they are a matter of patience, waiting for an effect to be repeated that he has seen and lost or for one that he anticipates.
I think a lot of people came into rock n' roll to try to change the world. I came into rock n' roll to make music.
Punk was more based on social change than on music, so it didn't bother me too much. It wasn't really a musical threat.
People on death row, the treatment of animals, women's right to choose. So much in America is based on religious fundamentalist Christianity. Grow up! This is the modern world!
The kids out there want something they can relate to, something that's real; most of that whiny stuff isn't real. The cheesy pop songs just bore me to death.
I do very little industrial design. I'm asked a lot, but I certainly don't see myself as an industrial designer.
I majored in fashion design in school, and I have always wanted to design my own line of clothing, jewelry, and stuff like that; so this was just a step for me in that direction.
Design should not dominate things, should not dominate people. It should help people. That's its role.
I am going to design... a Station after my own fancy; that is, with engineering roofs, etc.
I describe the design process as like the tip of the iceberg. What you don't see is the long haul: all the endless auditing and things like that.
There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.
I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it's often funny and surprising how my ideas end up lost in translation.
By appreciating the darkness when you design the light, you create much more interesting environments that truly enhance our lives.
So that ideas of sort of relaxed symmetry have been something for years that I have been concerned with because I think that symmetry is a neutral shape as opposed to a form of design.
People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.
My big chip is that I never had an education. I wanted my children to get one so they didn't fall into the same trap as me.
My goal has always been to make a living and to have the respect of my peers. It's never been about stardom. It's about a good and challenging part.
Runners are competitive folks. I think some might feel slighted they haven't got more recognition. I think they have a point. In running, you won't necessarily get noticed just for turning in good performances.
But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere.
