No, what is important is neither linearity or non-linearity, but the change, the degree of change from something that doesn't move to other events with different tempos in particular.
I've always thought photography was a bit of an adventure, so to come home with the film, develop it, then look at the results has more of a sense of excitement.
When I was younger, I'd buy a vinyl album, take it home and live with it, and I think that attachment's largely gone for the file-sharing generation.
If you ask me what I'd rather be doing, well, I'd rather be home in California, watching TV, polishing my tools and working around the ranch.
I like to present something that the people haven't seen or haven't heard before. Otherwise they might as well just stay home and play the record.
I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home.
There's a lot more responsibility at home, so a tour is like the opposite for me. It's like a breath of fresh air.
When I'm at home, I like to put records on, but because I travel a lot, I listen to a lot of music on my iPhone.
The only way you can influence your fate is to put your soul into your performance and hope it registers with the audience.
As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope.
The grand old lady of bluegrass? Well, wouldn't that be a wonderful title to have? I hope I do enough to earn it some day.
We are engaged in immediate conversations with the White House on deliberations over a successor whom we hope will continue in the general direction of Attorney General Holder.
But I'm always trying to plan ahead too and in doing so, and in working on this album, I've met a lot people that I hope to be involved with, on their records and in their situations.
I feel that its our children who do give us hope because they are the ones who are going to save the world.
And I think it's likely that there will be Data's out there one day. I hope so, if there are, that they all look exactly like me!
Other people can write grown-up, political plays about the troubles in the world. My plays deal with magic and hope.
I would take up any small job on the sets, just so that I could hang around with the hope of getting noticed.
But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There's incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope.
I hope that just what I sing about and how I relate to my audience is as much of a political statement as I need to make.
I've got a lot to do, and I hope that by the end of it all, people will say that Dee Snider was an entertainer, and he did his job well.
I am a very frank person and that's how I hope to remain. What you see is what you get.
