Who was the largest guy you ever had to go mano y mano with?
Being on the receiving end of a beating at a punk show or something? I don’t know the size of the person or whether they’re bigger than me—but there’s several! San Diego was known for notorious for its lousy atmosphere at its shows. In the south of San Diego—like Chula Vista—there’s a lot of kids from Navy housing and they’re a lot tougher than the kids like me from North County by the beach. I just wasn’t born like that. I’m not that type of person. You said once that the chance and ability to make art can help someone have a more sane and healthy life. Has that been true for you personally? I think that if you look at whatever you do in a certain way…I mean, you can look at anything like that. Anything can make you more sane and healthy if you apply it correctly. My economic situation totally does not depend on someone else—it seems like I’m doing really poor when everyone else is doing really well and I’m doing really well when people are doing really bad. I’m a freelancer, you know
