Interviews from like 13 or 14 years ago
I've been going through some of my old stuff and I came across some of my old jovi stuff. Various special magazines and articles. Since I don't have a scanner (yet) I deceided to type up some of the interviews. Hey, I need to brush up on my typing skills anyhow.
A Metal Edge Special
Superstar special No.21
Authorized! Exclusive! Uncensored!
(1987)
Jon Bon Jovi on the line
Rockin’ revelations from the road
By Geri Miller
G: Congratulations on your well-deserved success, Jon.
J: Thanks. It’s been a long time coming. We’re real happy, yet we don’t care. I mean, of course we care, but we don’t pay attention to it.
G: Really? With all the hysteria?
J: We handle it pretty well. We’re real grateful, but we don’t treat it any differently than we did last year. We’re just doing the same old thing. This is the same hotel [in Greensboro, NC} we stayed in when we were opening 38 Special. You’ll rarely see us in limousines or Porsches. Maybe I’d buy one, but it’s not really our attitude, we just don’t dig it.
G: You do have a plane now, though.
J: Yeah, we have the plane, but the tour is just half over, it’s the only reason I can stay out on the road. It sure beats the hell out of driving.
G: How do you sustain the energy on such a long tour?
J: We have it broken up pretty well. We take four days off every month.
G: Any changes in the shows for this leg of the tour?
J: Yeah, I’m bringing Cinderella out at the end of the night. We’re doing the Creedence song ‘Traveling Band.’ We want to give the kids the best show possible.
G: Have you altered the song lineup?
J: We’re doing ‘Never Say Goodbye’ once in awhile, we’ve done ‘Die For You’ and ‘Social Disease’. It’s whatever mood I’m in.
G: True you’re doing multiple dates in the New York area?
J: A mass of them- Nassau, The Garden, and the Meadowlands. We end at home in August, then we headline Donington.
G: Anywhere else in Europe?
J: Probably a couple of outdoor shows in France and Spain, with Dio and Cinderella supporting us. From there, it’s Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Japan, then Anchorage and Hawaii and that’s it. Middle of October, we’re done.
G: Any bizarre road stories you can relate unusual gifts from fans?
J: Everything out here is bizarre. We’ve gotten some pretty good stuff. There’s usually some people at the airports every night, some follow us there after the show. It’s a lot of fun.
G: How do you get private time, to cool out?
J: Well, you don’t. But I’ve found that I don’t like that time. I went to Mexico and I hated it. There was no phone, no MTV. I was crazy, it was too quiet. I left. Me and Rich [Sambora] went to L.A. and wrote songs for Charlie Sexton, Ted Nugent, and Belinda Carlisle. We’ll see if they like them when they demo them. I think Ted has got himself a top 20 single.
G: You’re giving away your good stuff?
J: Nah, we’re spitting songs out. We’re just so locked into each other. We don’t even think about it. The stuff for ourselves, we don’t even talk about them to anybody yet. They’re in the vault. We’re onto something lyrically and story-wise where to go next year that hasn’t been done.
G: A departure from ‘Slippery When Wet’?
J: Yeah, it’s gonna grow more. We’re gonna write fun, anthemy, hook-oriented songs.
G: How much of your songwriting inspiration is personal?
J: All of it. I couldn’t write about something I don’t know about.
G: How would you compare Slippery to your previous albums?
J: The record on the whole is happier. Songs like ‘Silent Night’ and ‘Only Lonely’ made you want to go home and lock yourself in your room. This year the songs are more fun and geared to the live show. You can tap your foot all the way through. “Raise Your Hand’ is my way of saying “Good morning, class.’ “Wanted Dead or Alive’ is what we are, like a 1986 version of a Clint Eastwood movie: ‘I’m a cowboy. On this steel horse I ride.’ We rehearsed in the recording studio in Sayreville, NJ right around the corner from where all the kids hung out. At the end of demos I went over to the pizza store and invited the kids over to hear our songs. I put it up to ten and watched to see what they were gonna like. They helped pick out the stuff. They’d go, ‘The vocal could be louder,’ and I said, ‘Wait a minute, I didn’t ask you to produce it!’
G: Does going back to the old neighborhood keep you down to earth?
J: Definitely. When I am home I’m just one of the guys. I pay my bar bill like anybody else. I was in the [Stone] Pony with my band and the E Street Band, and we all got on stage. Afterward, we had a beer. That’s what rock and roll is all about, that’s the reason I got into the business.
When I was in L.A. I couldn’t g for a f.ckin’ ice cream without somebody taking my picture! But you don’t get into this business to be anonymous. You don’t think. ‘I’ll make an album and maybe it’ll do 100,000 records.’ You think you’re gonna to have a number one album. Everyone wants to be the biggest band out there.
G; Is it harder at the top or getting there?
J: When you first start out you’re really naïve. Then you spend the next five years fixing all the f.ckups. Of course it took struggle to get here but the hard times are worth having because you learn and you pay your dues. It’s always the challenge of looking to somebody that you want to be bigger or better than, but nobody’s looking at you when you are doing it cause you’re the underdog. When you get there you’re the king of the hill, and everybody’s gunning for you.
G: Yes, it puts the pressure on when you sell mega-millions- look at Boston, Def Leppard. How do you follow it up?
J: We’re gonna take a break, but it’s not gonna be four years like Def Leppard. It’s be a few months and then we’ll start writing again. There’s a lot of material already.
G: So you’re not worried?
J: No. Shit, the day I gotta be nervous about somebody else it’s time for me to go home.
G: When do expect to record the next album?
J: Spring of ’88.
G: Will Bruce Fairbairn produce again?
J: Bruce is definitely doing it.
G: You’ve had voice problems on the tour that forced you to cancel some shows. Is your throat better now?
J: It’s giving me a little bit of trouble, I got sick a bunch of times. But today it’s good.
G: Does the weather affect you?
J: Definitely
G: We’ve gotten letters from concerned fans who’d heard rumors that you were very sick.
J: I’ve also heard I’m married or engaged or got AIDS, too. None of the above.
G: Any other untruths or misconceptions you’d like to clear up?
J: I’ve given up reading stuff about us. I really don’t give interviews any more, I have nothing else to say. They tell you that bands like us and anyone else in Metal Edge is not a serious Rock and Roll band, and they give credit to the REMs and the U2s of the world. That’s fine and dandy, but rock and roll to me is about entertainment and being a kid and growing up and not about social conscience. We’re very much a part of the kids, that’s the only thing that matters.
G: What were you like as a kid, around 14?
J: Probably like any other 14 year old kid. Got into my share of trouble. I wanted to live my life down at the beach. Just a typical kid who wanted to rebel against anything and everything, and it just happens that I was able to do that by playing in a rock and roll band.
G: When did you start to play?
J: I got a guitar when I was six or seven years old but I never played. I’d quit after a week and go play baseball. But by the time I was 14, 15 I really took it serious. When I was 16 I started playing nightclubs. I had a big ten piece band, Atlantic City Expressway, And Dave [Bryan] played keyboards. When I found out he had a B3 organ, I hired him. Dave and I used to play clubs when we were too young to even be there. The club owners used to makes us sit near the fire exit just in case they got raided and we had to make a quick getaway. They liked the fact that we brought in customers but they didn’t want to lose their licenses because of us.
G: Have you discovered any hot bands?
J: The band from Jersey, Skid Row. The band’s got the songs, a great edge, but they need a singer. You can print that, send tapes to the office. If you’re not a star, don’t waste your time! A lot of bands give me tapes now. Once in a while I hear a real good one, probably one out of a hundred.
G: Nice of you to take the time.
J: I wanted people to listen to my tape. I gave mine to someone who didn’t want to be bothered. I bust his chops for it now. But you never know when there’s another kid out there who’s gonna see seven million records.
G: So you did the Superman logo. Was it painful?
J: It wasn’t all that painful at all. I’m not a fan of needles, I’m a chicken. Forget it, I’m no hero. I said, ‘I’m gonna get really drunk and then do it,’ but the guys says, ‘You’ll fidget and you don’t want this big ugly mark on your arm.’ It felt just like he said, it was a little scratch. About five minutes into it I unclenched my fists and relaxed.
G: Think you’ll get more?
J: I like it a lot, I’m really happy with it, but I don’t want to get too many.
G: Is there anything you’d change about yourself if you could?
J: There’s tons of things. Discipline would be the first thing. I have no discipline whatsoever. I hate practicing, and I don’t like to be healthy and not drink.
G: How do you feel about being called a sex symbol?
J: I hate it, it makes me stick my finger down my throat and puke. I never asked to be a sex symbol, I never said I was. It was just something that was pinned on me. I tried everything I could to fight it and I still Am. don’t see any longevity or personal reward in it.
G: What about the other aspects of fame- do you enjoy the material rewards?
J: Yeah, it doesn’t suck, you know. It’s nice to think you can pick up the bill in a restaurant if you want to or buy somebody a gift. If you don’t have anyone to share it with it’s not worth having/
G: What do you think is the key to longevity in this business?
J: Being honest and true to yourself so the kids know that you’re being true to them and involving them in what you do.
G: How do you want Bon Jovi to be remembered in history?
J: A band that brought the kids a good time and let them leave their problems outside the door. That we were a fun rock and roll band.
G: What goals do you have left to fulfill?
J: I just started. This is nothing. I plan on being around as long as the stones. We ain’t going nowhere. Everyday we get better as a band and what it takes to be around for 20 years. It’s trial and error. We work our asses off and don’t take anything for granted. *
David Bryan
A Kickin’ Conversation with Bon Jovi’s Keysman
By Gerri Miller
*G: Back in New Jersey when you and Jon were playing in Atlantic City Expressway, did you ever think it would come to this?
D: I dreamed of it. I couldn’t be happier if I was twins. It’s so much fun. I look forward to that two hours every night. It makes the other 22 worth it. We’re playing to packed houses. I’m knocking on every piece of wood that I see.
G: Certainly it’s more than luck.
D: Everything came together for us this year. We had the right people working for us- [producer] Bruce Fairbairn, [video director] Wayne Isham. Before, we never had enough control- not 100%. WE made mistakes. We learned. I’m glad the first record didn’t see millions and millions. We went gold. We toured the world, and we became players. We established ourselves as a band.
G: Which is harder- to get started or stay up there?
D: It’s hard to get started, and once you get there it’s hard to maintain. It doesn’t get easier. It’s our stage and our monitors now. If the show doesn’t go right it’s on our head. Now we have to work twice as hard. But you can see that negatively or positively. Now let’s come out and do something better. This is just the start of it. We want to do something different each time.
G: You’ve been on the road since last summer, a long haul.
D: It’s a marathon, but I love it. We’re doing two hours now. I don’t want to leave the stage.
G: What are some of the tour highlights so far?
D: New Year’s Eve at the Meadowlands for the hometown crowd, the Philly shows were phenomenal.
G: Are you writing on the road?
D: A couple of ideas. The tape recorder’s always going. We’ll really get started in the fall. This time we’ll have the luxury of taking three weeks off before we go in. The first year we had three days, last year 10 days. We may go away together first. We may go away together first. We did last year, after the Ratt tour. Some bands go their separate way. After 10 months on the road, we don’t. We have a good time together, we like each other. I couldn’t imagine being in a band where people don’t get along. We’re friends.
G: When did you know you wanted to be a musician?
D: At seven, I took piano lessons.
G: Your parents’ idea or yours?
D: They asked, but I wanted to. I took lessons from the same guy for 13 years, Mr. Hack in Perth Amboy. He was trained at Juilliard.
G: Are keyboards becoming more accepting in hard rock?
D: A little bit. You can use them in a harder way, which we do. Richie and I are conscious of complementing each other instead of stepping on each other. It’s working in a big way.
G: What’s the game plane now?
D: The ball is really rolling great, and we’re going to stay with the flow. We’re going to stay out there still the big hook comes down to grab us. *
Richie Sambora
Bon Jovi’s Axemaster Goes On The Record.
By Gerri Miller
*G: Multi-platinum, sold-out shows, and breaking every record in the book- congratulations, Richie. Are you surprised?
R: I knew we’d be successful but I didn’t plan on this. Pretty amazing. You wake up in the morning and pinch yourself. We’re enjoying it to the max. I go out on stage every night and say, ‘Wow, I’m so happy to be playing with these guys.’ We all give a shit about each other and look out for each other. It’s a family, and we give 150%. The kids can see that. We’re here for them, to entertain. Bon Jovi’s not trying to make a political statement. Basically what we have to say is ‘Be positive, dream, do it.’ The band was only together two months when we were signed. I was the last to come in. Our manager Doc McGhee didn’t enter the picture until after the record was released. We had to go out there with the Scorpions and on one knew who Bon Jovi was. That was a task. We were worried about whether we were going to go over with the audience. We had to work real hard. But we did it. Every gig was a gem, as far as I was concerned. We did 20,000 seat arenas and stadiums in Japan with Kiss, like 38,000 people a night. I’d come out to do a guitar solo and it was such an amazing feeling.
G: You’ve come a long way since then.
R: We’re still the same dudes we were before. We still enjoy each other’s company. We have a plane and stay in nice hotels now. But we still live like bums. We still eat at McDonald’s, White Castle. We got a plane so we can be on the road longer, so we don’t burn out. Touring is very rewarding but it’s tough on everybody.
G: The response to ‘Slippery When Wet’ has been so phenomenal. Was the approach to it different than to your earlier albums?
R: We wanted to branch out, and grow. We want to make departures but still be Bon Jovi. It’s a constant exchange of energy between the fans and us that prods us on. We like to go out and talk to the kids. We bounce ideas off them to see where their heads are at. We don’t write for the radio, we write for us and for our fans.
G: ‘Wanted Dead Or Alive: was your original title- why did you change it?
R: It was too serious. The songs are more positive, fun and energetic this time.
G: How are you going to top it?
R: I’m not really worried about it. This is just the tip of the iceberg for us as far as songwriting goes. I can’t wait to make another record.
G: Think you’ll produce it?
R: Jon and I basically write and arrange all the material, which is a big part of production. In the future, we’ll do that.
G: The band is named for Jon and gets a lot of attention. How does everyone else deal with that?
R: Personally, it’s no problem. First of all, Jon is my friend, and he’s one of the fairest people on earth. There’s no problem in giving credit where credit is due. He leans on me, I lean on him. Everybody in the band is real close. The great thing about Bon Jovi is individually, everybody is intelligent, business minded. We want to make money and have fun.
G: What has been the biggest surprise about the music business?
R: What you think will take a day takes a month, what you think will take a month takes two years. It really takes a lot of time and hard work. Not that I ever minded working hard, but there’s a lot of competition. I was in so many bands before this one and thought it was gonna happen. One little thing falls apart and it all falls apart. Anyone that’s on top in rock and roll business is smart, they have it together. There are so many variables, so many people that control your life. So many steps to make a record happen. WE have everything we had for the last four years. We have up wives, girlfriends, families, friends. Everything’s a sacrifice. Everyone thinks it’s ‘Let’s have a party.’ It is, but you can’t let it be all the time or you’ll never be good. I party with the best of them. I’ll be up for four days in a row and it doesn’t even faze me now.
G: So no relationships? What about women?
R: I love women. I haven’t been really serious with a lady cause I always walk down the street and see another one I like. I’m not ready to settle down yet.
G: Ever plan to?
R: Yeah, some day. I want to have kids.
G: Is it possible to have a relationship or family with this lifestyle?
R: Not right now- it’s pretty impossible. I don’t know how people do it.
G: What words describe you best?
R: Rock and roll. Friendly. I like to party. Private. When I have the chance to be alone I play and write songs. I have a very social job- I party every night with 20,000 people.
G: What kind of kid were you?
R: I was a rambunctious, curious kind of kid. I was a real fast driver. I lost my license for six months, but I drove anyway. My mother was a nervous wreck.
G: When did you get interested in music?
R: I’ve been playing since I was seven. I started- I’m embarrassed- on the accordion. I was good at it. But you can’t get laid playing them. The main reason I started playing guitar was because I wanted to get girls. I was 14 ½ and I started writing songs soon after that. I taught myself, but I took some courses in music theory. I was playing bars when I was underage.
I’ve been in a lot of bands. You get close and then the bottom drops out and you get real depressed. But you can’t get away from something that lives inside you. I always worked. There was money to be made if you went and looked for it. I played bars and clubs by myself if I couldn’t get a gig. I’d sing and play acoustic Beatles, Yes, Led Zeppelin. I did studio work, clubs, I was all over. I got a good background. I was in a band called Extremes when I was 20- funk and fusion-jazz type stuff.
G: Were your parents supportive of your career?
R: Very much. When I left college- I was a psychology major-they were a little freaked, though.
G: And how do they feel now?
R: They’re ecstatic. They were skeptical but when the gold and platinum records started coming in they realized the kid’s doing good.*
Tico Torres
One on One with Bon Jovi’s Dynamite Drummer
By Gerri Miller (1987)
*G: Congratulations on your success. Did you ever imagine the album would go platinum?
T: No. To be honest, I figured double platinum this year.
G: You’ve been on tour since last summer. Are you tired yet?
T: Tired of hotels. The plane makes it easier. We leave the gig at one, we’re on the plane by two, at the next place by three and in bed by three-thirty. We can do a longer haul- we’ll be out for year and a half.
G: What’s the best part of being on the road?
T: Playing for the people, and being able to fill up these big venues.
G: What’s the worst part?
T: Health problems. I’ve had bronchitis three times. It’s chronic. I quit smoking last month. I smoked 2-3 packs a day for 18 years.
G: How’d you do it?
T: Nicotine pills. They worked, surprisingly. I’ve got more energy in the show now. I’m gonna try running.
G: Any memorable tour stories?
T: In Europe, we had a tour bus with an 8’x 4’ x 4’ compartment in the back where the driver sleeps, under the bathroom. I went under there to take a nap and no one could find me. They saw my jacket but not me- they thought they left me at a truck stop. [Tour manager] Richie called the cops, he didn’t want to tell the band. They were going nuts until we finally got in and they saw my feet. I’d slept through the whole thing.
G: Are you the type that can sleep anywhere?
T: No. If I get woken up I can’t go back. It has to be dark, quiet, semi-cold.
G: Is it hard to get any private time on tour?
T: We all have our own rooms, it gives us space. But we like hanging out with each other.
G: You must get mobbed in public.
T: Sometimes, I wear a hat. I try to look as non-rock and roll as possible. One advantage now is we fly in, people don’t see a bus and they don’t expect us in town the day before. But I don’t mind. It’s a great feeling to have kids come up and ask for autographs. It’s total hysteria sometimes but you can’t let it bother you. It comes with the turf. The minute you get tired of it, it defeats the purpose of being an entertainer.
G: What do you think about before you go on stage?
T: I think of getting my energy level up, I psych myself, calm my breathing and say a little prayer. I’ve got to play solid, make sure that $15 ticket is worth the money. If you’re sick or the monitor’s bad, nobody cares. That’s not what they pay for.
G: It’s been said that all drummers are crazy. True?
T: Yeah. It started with the cavemen, beating on the rocks. It’s tribal- hitting the skins, a natural aggression. Drummers don’t get ulcers, they take it out on the drums. Everyone has a bit of it inside. But there is a tender side of drummers, too.
G: What would you do if you weren’t a drummer?
T: I might be a roofer. I did that for seven years-banging nails.
G: You once played guitar- miss being out front?
T: No, I’ll leave that to the frontmen. I like being in the back. I provide the foundation of the music that gives the groove to the band. I’m proud of that.
G: How did you get started on drums?
T: I had a snare drum when I was 9 or 10, and I’d jam with an accordionist and guitarist. I dropped it to play guitar and sing, but my voice went down at 15 and that was that. I hung out with a friend’s R&B bank, Cold Sweat, and when his drummer didn’t show up I made my big debut. I was 16 then, and I was terrible. I played with over 100 bands, country to rock to blues and jazz. I did freelance gigs, even when I was in bands, to pay the bills. I never laid the sticks down. It was a good musical foundation. I’ll probably be one these guys that does it till I’m 70 or 80 years old. It’s a way of life for me.
G: Which Bon Jovi member did you meet first?
T: Alec and I played in Phantom’s Opera, on and off. We broke up after a year and a half, got back together in ’75, broke up and got together in ’80. I was with Franke and the Knockouts when he called me. It was a very young, immature band then, no one knew each other and Richie wasn’t in it yet. It came together when Richie came in, it started clicking. But it was hard to make a living so I did jingles- Chicken Delight, Wonder Bread, Kodak. And movie soundtracks- ‘The Killing Hour’, “Roar’. $350 for a half hour. Everybody took money from the bank to make this work. The changes you take- sometimes they pay off, sometimes they don’t. A band folds and it’s square one again. You think every one is the one. You have to put your faith into what you believe. If not, you’re not gonna give your all. But for me it was taking one step backwards.
G: What made you do it? Did you feel something special about this band?
T: I saw Jon perform and I knew he was a great performer. We toured for two weeks in a station wagon supporting Eddie Money and I knew there was a certain zest. The band got along really well right from the start. We still do.
G: Now you’re traveling in limos and a plane. Success and fame must have some effect.
T: It can get out of hand, I’ve seen it happen. If someone gets a big head we knock ‘em down to earth. Just cause you’re a star it doesn’t give you the right to be a pompous *sshole. You have to respect people.
G: What have you bought now that you can afford it?
T: I sent my mother on a vacation, gave her $5,000. I used to own a house, it exhausted my bank account. When I get off the road I’ll need someplace I can practice the drums.
G: What advice would you give a young musician?
T: Never stop learning. The minute you stop, there goes your career. You become stale instead of going forward.
G: Now that you’ve reached the top, do you worry about staying there?
T: We’ve gotta come up with a new record that won’t let people down. We can’t disappoint the fans.
We have to keep doing what we’re doing, keep working and striving without burning out. We don’t take it for granted. The attraction of Bon Jovi is the vibe, the closeness to the fans. We have to retain that. But you can’t play it safe. You have to take some chances. *
Alec John Such
Bon Jovi’s Bass Ace Speaks Out
By Gerri Miller
*G: How’s it going Al?
A: [clearing throat] I’ve got bronchitis, laryngitis- it usually happens once per tour. The air on the plane doesn’t help. Otherwise I’m having a great time. I love playing. You look out and see 22,000 people and you go ‘Wow!’
G: Ever think that you’d get to this point?
A: No, I imagined it in dreams, but not even then. This is phenomenal. I couldn’t have asked for this.
G: How do you account for it?
A: The timing was good for us and luck and all that. But it’s the chemistry of the band that makes it special.
G: What do you think about before going on stage?
A: Doing a good show, kickin’ *ss. We stretch backstage, psych ourselves, slap five to get into it. It’s like being on a team.
G: And once you’re out there?
A: A lot of times I’m on autopilot. Think about the equipment, but we have the best crew guys. My tech Dana has been with us on every tour except Ratt, Tico’s has been with us since the beginning.
G: How about after the show? Is there a lot of partying? We’ve heard you were a wildman on the last tour?
A: I used to do heavy celebrating and wake up somewhere else, but we have ‘babysitters’ this year. You lose your mind and wake up in the right room. I’m not getting into a much trouble- they won’t let me. I don’t disappear as much any more cause I can’t get away with it. They know where you are.
G: Not much privacy.
A: We actually have more time for ourselves now. This is the first time we all have our own rooms. Jon did last year but Tico and Dave used to share, Richie and I were roommates.
G: Are you closest to him?
A: Yes, I’ve known Tico longer, but I roomed with Rich for three years. He’s my good buddy- we talk bout everything. We always got along. We were in the band Message and opened for Joe Cocker, we traveled in a Winnebago.
G: When did you know you wanted to be a musician?
A: I was always interested in music. I started on violin as a kid, New Jersey all state orchestra. My mother would beat the $hit out of me if I didn’t practice. Tears ran down my face and onto the violin. I put it away when I was old enough to say no, sophomore year.
G: Were your parents musicians?
A: Yes, they both played professionally. My mother played violin and my father played the cimbalom. It looks like the inside of a piano but you play it with sticks.
G: When did you pick up the bass?
A: I moved to a neighborhood where some kids had a band. They said they needed a bass player and I said I was. So I went to New York and bought one.
G: Did your violin background help?
A: Yes. I played in bands all throughout high school, went to college for two years got into another band, and started making money.
G: Do bass players get proper credit?
A: No. From other bass players, not people in general. That’s the way it is. It’s a fact of life.
G: Will you contribute to the next Bon Jovi album?
A: I’m not a writer, I never was. I’m a musician. If I do, great, if I don’t I’m not unhappy. I’ll put it live, to the people. I’m happy with my role, I go with the flow. I know Rich and Jon, they have so much material left in them. I’m not worried at all.
G: Has success meant any interesting new acquisitions?
A: I may buy a house. I haven’t looked yet. I gave away all of my cars. I had five at one time. The ’48 Caddy in the ‘In and Out of Love’ video was mine. I gave it to my brother. I gave my MG to Tico, sold my T-Bird. I gave my 280Z to our light man and his girlfriend wrecked it. I got rid of my motorcycles also.
G: What do you want for the future?
A: I’m not thinking of that. I’m pretty lazy. I don’t see myself getting married. I was married once before and there’s no one I’d like to marry now. Maybe I’ll adopt a few kids.
G: What do you look for in a woman?
A: There has to be something there. Past sex, you have to talk to her about something. You know if you don’t want to spend time with a person or you do. On the road you can’t go ‘Let’s go to dinner Friday.’ Like a 9-5 job. You meet people fast. If you get along you make it a point to see them again. You fly them out to see you. But after all, it is work- and you don’t want to bring a girlfriend to work.
G: Has success changed you?
A: Yes. With success come responsibility. But I’m not thinking about it. Later doesn’t concern me. I’m totally happy doing what I’m doing now.*
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If you go to war with yourself
And it’s just you and no one else
Call out to me
Reach out to me
And I’ll be there for you
And even if you lose yourself
I’ll follow you anywhere…
~Apathy "Anywhere"
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