- But you can't make a living putting out music that people aren't going to understand. It won't move units!
- And that's fine. But I'm not willing to put myself in the position where I have to prove myself to them. I would certainly take their money though! How could you not? For our first record, Atlantic gave us 100 grand and 100% artistic control. They just said, "You do what you want - here's money." And we had to record the album with that but I mean - that wasn't all that difficult! Under those circumstances, working with a major label was basically a cakewalk. Every band should have that kind of luck. Unfortunately, most bands are only interested in being superstars. They want to sell out at any cost because they want to be big stars. And I've never seen even one example of somebody who did that and didn't end up compromising themselves for fame.
