Sep
21
2011
“Often people ask me to describe what kind of music I make. And I say ” if you could describe music you wouldn’t need music”. Music is there to say all the stuff there aren’t words for. Consequently musicians are very privileged people. We get to say the stuff ‘normal’ society doesn’t say. We don’t live by the rules ‘normal’ society sets out for people. We are our own bosses. It is accepted generally, that we are all half-mad. And indeed we would be a great disappointment were that not the case. Should anyone ever be bothered to do the research it would most definitely be found that in the background of any musical star you can think of there will be child-hood trauma. I have a theory too though, about artists generally. We do your madness for you. If we weren’t mad, youse would all be in the nut-house. Someone has to let it out.”
Sinead again. Go read the whole piece. It’s ace.
Dear Sinead’s webmaster (who “doesn’t do Twitter”), please provide permalinks for Sinead’s articles.
(via caroline)
