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The first song I covered
I actually never played a cover until my late 20s.
I also dont think I had the guitar skills.
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I love that record.
It also had Jawbreaker, the Mr. T Experience, all those kinds of bands.
I liked some of what she put on there, but it wasnt me exactly.
The music that makes me feel good
Maybethe Smiths?
I listen to them or [Norwegian black-metal band] Emperor, which I guess is the very opposite.
But those kinds of records, they just resonate with me for some reason.
And I teared up when Slayer played Captor of Sin at the Palladium; that was pretty huge.
And then Steely Dan, but I sung it as Ozzy [Osbourne].
And I also did some in a Muppet voice.
Its the rawest, I think.
So thats been really challenging and new, which is pretty wild.
But I like that my last two records are the hardest onesit means Im getting better at it.
Im still trying to foreshadow and color things with metaphor and alliteration, lead someone to romantic conclusions.
I still believe in that seduction, you know?
The song I want played at my funeral
The [19th-century French classical composer Gabriel] Faures Requiem.
Thats my favorite piece of music of all time.
I like the deeper pipe-organ-and-chorale-and-string version more than the modernthe strict interpretation.
And not in a cathedral, maybe a Viking burial.
But it will probably be Los Angeles.
Thats my home now.
