Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain... you hear them and they're affixed to you.
When you hear me, you know it's me, regardless of the song.
I consciously did not want to put a sub-Mr. Bungle band on the map. I don't think the world needs that.
I think that identity and sort of the brand - I hate that word - the brand of the musician should be malleable. It should change, and it should grow.
It's important to be a divergent musician and do a little bit of everything, except you have to make sure your fans are aware of it and that you string them along the right way.
What I can offer the game is creating a sound that, when you hear it, you know it's mine.
I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song. I won't be known as anything but a country singer.
His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to fit his style of playing?
If you have music that sounds like what you cover, people won't be able to differentiate who you are.
