First Cousin Spook

Pencil on paper 21x13cm

“Sometimes I think I can’t leave this band, because he’s in this band, and no other band in the world has that.”

“Everything I’ve been able to invent over the years is based on this strength that he brings to me. We know each other so well that we can take every risk.”

"He is the beat I listen to when I play the guitar. His drum pedal kick hole in the drum kit is the only thing I see when I'm on stage. He is the only beat...”

“Our chance meeting was kind of love at first sight”.

“When we're up there it's just like a little cocoon. I'm just with my man here and we make this row together. If I get bored I spit at him.”

“I’ll tell you the secret, here’s how you can be a band for 24 years: You have to be in love with the drummer. That’s what you gotta be. You gotta be in love with the drummer.”

"My man, he's my man! He's at the peak; my man is peaking. And I’m very close behind him. I'm with him all the way, but he's pushing me. My man is playing so well, it's unbelievable. It gives me something to go for, because him and me, that's the charge - it's the cutting up of the rhythms, and how we can flip them around and fling the hash and burn. And we're having a ball every night.”

“You don't even know how much I love him! I have seen him naked, more than once. That's good shit.”

“My brother from another mother, my best friend, a man for whom I would take a bullet.”

“I happened to see myself in the driving mirror. I had this silly grin on my face. I didn't even know I was smiling, but that's what he does for me.”

"With him, you suddenly realize that you're floating a few inches off the ground. Yeah, [Charlie/Taylor], I just look at him and I relax.”

“We are absolutely meant to be, and I am grateful that we found each other in this lifetime."

And I’m ok with it. Actually, I have come to the conclusion I'm better off without it. Leave it for the people who need it.

 I am sufficient unto myself.  

I have friends, a support network, if I need something - and I’m there for my friends if THEY need something. It’s all good.