Most interesting recording you own? It’s a mysteriously beautiful recording from, I am told, Robbie Robertson’s label. It’s of crickets. That’s right, crickets, the first time I heard it…I swore I was listening to the Vienna Boys Choir, or the Mormon Tabernacle choir. It has a four-part harmony. It is a swaying choral panorama. Then a voice comes in on the tape and says, “What you are listening to is the sound of crickets. The only thing that has been manipulated is that the speed of the tape.” The sound is so haunting. I played it for Charlie Musselwhite and he looked at me as if I pulled a Leprechaun out of my pocket. You are fascinated with irony. What is irony? Chevrolet was puzzled when they discovered that their sales for the Chevy Nova were off the charts everywhere but in Latin America. They finally realized that Nova in Spanish translates to “no go”. Not the best name for a car…anywhere. Do you have words to live by? Jim Jarmusch once told me “Fast, Cheap, and Good…pick two. If it’s fast and cheap it wont be good. If it’s cheap and good it won’t be fast. If it’s fast and good it won’t be cheap.” Fast, cheap and good… pick two words to live by. How would you compare guitarists Marc Ribot and Smokey Hormel? Octopi have eight and squid have ten tentacles, each with hundreds of suction cups and each have the power to burst a man’s artery. They have small birdlike beaks used to inject venom into a victim. Some gigantic squid and octopi with one hundred-foot tentacles have been reported. Squids have been known to pull down entire boats to feed on the disoriented sailors in the water. Many believe unexplained, sunken deep-sea vessels and entire boat disappearances are the handiwork of giant squid. What have you learned from parenthood? “Never loan your car to anyone to whom you’ve given birth.” — Erma Bombeck. Who said, “Half the people in America are just faking it”? Robert Mitchum (who actually died in his sleep). I think he was being generous and kind when he said that.