I went to work with a guy named Matt Fuller, who was a Mothers fan, and low and behold, Arthur was working for him also. We worked together for about six months and decided to strike out on our own.

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I know I didn't like that dress 'cause it didn't fit but I thought it...

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Most people are really cool and I really don't mind talking to them and answering...

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I use Windows; '98 second edition and it works very good for me. You know,...

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It was a wild time - a time that I don't miss anymore. But then...

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I was hoping for it to be possibly a movie career as I still would...

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I don't know how Frank presented the old Mothers, since I never read the book....

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I've been writing Indian music for a while. Indian music is about Mother Earth, and...

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I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we...