You're gonna laugh when I tell you this, man, but I am starting to enjoy Eminem.- Alan Vega
We're just getting better at our trade, man. We know what we are doing, and the reason why is that we have spent 30 years doing it. There's nothing that can replace that.
We played in Texas about a year ago, at Emo's, the famous country and western club in Austin. And I figured, well, if I am finally gonna die onstage, that is where it's going to be!
Usually I am the one who does the covers. And I just said, man, it would be nice to see what somebody else could do, outside of this thing. A fresher look. And I never, in a million years, would have come up with this. Believe me!
That's why so much of the music today sounds so much alike, because there's no in-between. So it's kind of nice to still turn some buttons every now and then.
That's what so sad about a lot of modern music, in my opinion, so many young bands never stay around long enough to fulfill their ultimate promise. They only get halfway there or a quarter of the way there.
That's what my music... I am working on a solo record right now, it's gonna be more hip-hop than anything, like electronic hip-hop, futuristic hip-hop. I am probably gonna be rapping on it.
That's something - you laugh about Eminem... It's funny, man, because I didn't like him when he first came out, ya know. It seemed like a big joke. But I think the guy's for real, and I like his lyrics!
People said that way back in the early days I was probably one of the first rappers; the reason is that I couldn't sing, so I had to talk! Lou Reed was probably the one who started it all.
Marty and I are playing with the same intensity. That's the beautiful thing, man, we are actually better now than ever, probably more intense now than ever, tighter now than ever.
Lately I have been listening to some classical music again, some jazz.
John Coltrane - I have been listening to the 'Trane again. It blows you away, because I know more now and I hear more now and I had a life that I have lived!
It's easy for me to say that now, now I am a father, I have got a four-and-a-half year old boy, I am a different person. Well, I am still the same person, but I am different.
It was when I saw Iggy Pop, that is what did it for me. That changed my life pretty much.
I am showing some of my sculptures in Holland in the spring, so we'll see.
