I came over here and worked for rock magazines, and I worked for Rolling Stone, which has a very high standard of journalism, a very good research department.
I wrote the music column in my high school newspaper.
I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me so I have to cover all the areas with my album.
Yes, I get a report from BMI about the frequency of performances, and it is very surprising. They played one of my most advanced pieces, and one of my most unusual ones on the radio.
What people have to understand is 'Billboard' is a magazine. They're like elected officials - they work for us.
I was in the back of the book [in the The Reporter] doing music.
You know I take music seriously, right? So I expect journalists to take being a journalist seriously.
As a journalist, I have wanted very much to find a way to write about the music industry, and it's been frustrating to me that that's never worked out.
