That goes for his divorce, too, as summarily exorcised on the new song Your Dictionary, and for guitarist Dave Gregory's slightly bitter departure early in the Apple Venus sessions. Fellow singer-songwriter Colin Moulding is now the only other member of the band they formed in 1977. And that does mentally cut people out of the equation. Wheras once I was desperate to be liked, now I don't give a damn. Our distance from the mainstream is totally by design.
Some people make a lifetime of going to all the right parties and meeting the right people.
Now I feel like people will come to me if they want me. I'm in it accidentally. You're talking to a man who doesn't know the names of most of the chords he plays. But the word amateur comes from the word amour, you know, meaning somebody who loves what they do. So I'm happy to be an amateur.