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''So you were in this hotel bar, right? And you got into a drunken argument and said the one thing you knew would really outrage them more than anything else you could say. That was the impression I got from the accounts of what happened. .. | ''So you were in this hotel bar, right? And you got into a drunken argument and said the one thing you knew would really outrage them more than anything else you could say. That was the impression I got from the accounts of what happened. .. | ||
That's pretty much what happened. It was a drunken brawl, really, and I did want to say the thing that would outrage those people the most. I was very drunk... but that's no excuse. Those words that I said certainly don't represent my view of the world. I suppose if you allow uncontrolled anger to run away with you, and if you make a career out of contriving anger, up on stage, whether you're feeling angry or not, sooner or later you'll find yourself saying things, using words you don't mean. It'll all come back at you. That's no excuse. People were angry, and rightfully so. There was a very intense press conference, the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Before that, I had just always assumed that people would recognize my allegiance to R&B, to black music. But it wasn't obvious enough. | That's pretty much what happened. It was a drunken brawl, really, and I ''did'' want to say the thing that would outrage those people the most. I was ''very'' drunk... but that's ''no excuse''. Those words that I said certainly don't represent my view of the world. I suppose if you allow uncontrolled anger to run away with you, and if you make a career out of ''contriving'' anger, up on stage, whether you're feeling angry or not, sooner or later you'll find yourself saying things, using words you don't mean. It'll all come back at you. ''That's'' no excuse. People were angry, and rightfully so. There was a very intense press conference, the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Before that, I had just always assumed that people would recognize my allegiance to R&B, to black music. But it wasn't obvious enough. | ||
''But don't you see that by refusing to talk to the press, projecting all that anger, building up that whole mystique, you set yourself up for a fall? | ''But don't you see that by refusing to talk to the press, projecting all that anger, building up that whole mystique, you set yourself up for a fall? | ||
You may be right. One writer in Rolling Stone actually wrote, "This is just what we've been waiting for. He fed himself to the lions." There was a lot of righteous indignation at certain publications, on the part of the sort of people who go home, play their Sandinista albums, and worry about El Salvador. But I don't want to talk about other people, really, because it will sound like I'm trying to make excuses, and I'm not. It's just that I've never been able to sit down in an unemotional atmosphere and say that I'm very sorry. | You may be right. One writer in ''Rolling Stone'' actually wrote, "This is just what we've been waiting for. He fed himself to the lions." There was a lot of righteous indignation at certain publications, on the part of the sort of people who go home, play their ''Sandinista'' albums, and worry about El Salvador. But I don't want to talk about other people, really, because it will sound like I'm trying to make excuses, and I'm not. It's just that I've never been able to sit down in an unemotional atmosphere and say that I'm very sorry. | ||
And of course I have to live with the fact that people hate me because of it. You work so hard, and then you become best known for a confused, idiotic incident... Everything I've done since has really been colored by that incident. When we went In to make the next album after that, Get Happy!!, I think that, subconsciously at least, we set out to make a soul record. Not just in terms of style, but a record that was warmer, more emotional. And I think all the records we've made since have had those qualities. They've been more personal than the three earlier albums, they were made at a higher emotional pitch. The whole | And of course I have to live with the fact that people hate me because of it. You work so hard, and then you become best known for a confused, idiotic incident... Everything I've done since has really been colored by that incident. When we went In to make the next album after that, ''Get Happy!!'', I think that, subconsciously at least, we set out to make a soul record. Not just in terms of style, but a record that was warmer, more emotional. And I think all the records we've made since have had those qualities. They've been more personal than the three earlier albums, they were made at a higher emotional pitch. The whole | ||
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