People wanted to have fun more than they wanted to learn from their music, and that's where the shift started to happen.
I, as a fan, want to be winning but to entertain equally as much, too.
. . . Americans are the best entertained and quite likely the least well-informed people in the Western world.
Do you want to know the truth, or see me hit a few dingers?
I can't say I've watched 'Twin Peaks.' I feel like I wouldn't be comfortable doing so until after I'm done with 'Riverdale.'
No matter where the price of gas is, the consumer's still got to get out. They've still got to save their money to go see Tim McGraw.
I am so busy with my family and my serials I don't get time to watch other serials.
The 'well-informed citizenry is in danger of becoming the 'well-amused audience'.
It's not that I don't enjoy TV. If I had infinite time, I would watch it.
More people pay attention to fiction and to narrative than pay attention to journalism. That's quite sad. More people pay attention to television than to prose. That's equally sad, if not more so.
Basically, asking me what kind of music I like is like asking what kind of food I like: 'Anything that tastes good,' is the answer. I'm the kind of guy who spends three times as much on his speakers as he does on his television.
Is the cinema more important than life?
The audience will always forgive you for being wrong and exciting, but never for being right and dull.
It's a mistake to read. Television is the only way.
But I couldn't cut that whole septic tank scene out because the audience liked it so much. So I sort of fell right back into getting a cheap laugh, but I still loved it.
They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it.
I just don't skimp on TV. Even if I'm exhausted and so tired and it's 12 A.M. and a Sunday night, I'll still watch Game of Thrones. I will stay up, and I will watch it. I totally screw my sleep schedule up.
