But, Eminem… No, I’ve loved rap for a long time, especially when it got out of its first period and became this gangsta rap, ya know this heavy rap thing? That’s when I started to fall in love with it. I loved the lyrics. I loved the beat. Alan Vega Read Quote
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. Alan Vega Read Quote
We’re just getting better at our trade, man. We know what we’re doing, and the reason why is that we’ve spent 30 years doing it. There’s nothing that can replace that. Alan Vega Read Quote
But it was great, we sit in the same dressing room where, like, Johnny Cash sat and Willie Nelson and all those guys. That was in itself something amazing – I was on the same space these guys stood on, ya know? Alan Vega Read Quote
Marty and I are playing with the same intensity. That’s the beautiful thing, man, we’re actually better now than ever, probably more intense now than ever, tighter now than ever. Alan Vega Read Quote
I always said I was never gonna be an entertainer, Suicide was never supposed to be entertainment. Alan Vega Read Quote
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. Alan Vega Read Quote
I probably won’t be able to hear it until five years from now anyway. That’s when I always hear my own music. It takes five years to sit down with it after not hearing it for a couple of years. Alan Vega Read Quote
But of course it’s always gonna be Suicide, our fingerprints, ya know? You can’t ever get rid of that. Alan Vega Read Quote