ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: There was so much planned for this anniversary.
How has it been for you to just watch all that sort of fall away?
Yeah no, that’s true.
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I mean, thank God forthe new Fiona Apple record!
Its beautiful, and its been a long time coming.
And slowly Im starting to fool around with things again.
I decided I wanted to startan Instagram page, and listen, this is my obsession right now.
Do you think you’ll ever sit down to write a proper memoir?
and I said, “Well, of course, someday.”
And I thought, “F— that!”
I mean listen, most rock musicians are great storytellers, this is true.
So there arent too many rock musicians that are short on great stories.
Nikki Sixx I think has three books, so you could at least squeeze out one.
[Laughs]Oh yeah.
It will be a series for sure.
Like a volume of encyclopedias.
I know you’ve spent the last year looking back a lot to prep for this anniversary.
Are you the kind of artist who’s super critical of themselves?
I dont like watching footage of myselfat all.
The list is long.
It took years and years for me to realize, you know, who am I trying to be?
Why am I beating myself up here?
Its the best I can do and thats that.
Well you know first of all, when it comes to modern technology Im practically Amish, okay?
I can barely use a laptop or an iPhone.
I really am so analog it’s ridiculous.
But Im getting a crash course in it right now.
I mean Ive been doing some Zoom, Ive been doing some Cisco Jabber.
So they had already started the process of people filming themselves singing verses and choruses.
So I just sent them the up and down version, it was mortifying.
I do want to let you go because it sounds like you have homework to get to.
[Laughs]Yeah that’s my daughter.
[Muffled]I’ll be right there!
Listen, I’ve got homework, Im making Cincinnati chili tonight, Im going to the store.
Im gonna make the chili, its f—ing delicious.
So one last question.
The idea of live shows and festivals and big crowds seems so foreign and far away right now.
But do you have hope that the music industry can come back from this?
It will come back.
Who knows how long it will be but f—, well be there.
