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Al Jourgensen

Cuban Musician

Born: Oct 9, 1958

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There's a famous artist, Ron English, in New York, that just, or Andy Warhol for that matter, that did pop art that terrorized society. And that's, for the last like 10, 15 years, that's all I wanted to do, is terrorize society and make them look into a mirror and see what the hell we have wrought. Al Jourgensen

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I'm not a real Halloween kind of guy, because Halloween is every day. Al Jourgensen

Day Every Day Halloween Every Kind Guy Because Real

I've never seen the Osbournes, I've never seen Paris Hilton. I'd rather read than watch reality TV. I'd rather live life than watch somebody else living it. Al Jourgensen

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Obama might as well be president of Turkey or Brazil; it does not matter. It's the system that is absolutely flawed, where 25 or 35 or 50 people make multi, multi-billions on building Olympic structures while people live in Barbados and have no roads or clean drinking water. There's something pretty inequitable there. Al Jourgensen

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Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded. Al Jourgensen

Me Punk Think Punk Rock Pretty Metal Rock Well-Rounded Rock Bands Southern Bands Stones Influenced Really Zeppelin Basic Floyd

I scare the neighbors, the kids... They don't come to my house for trick-or-treating, trust me. I had to buy exactly zero amount of dollars worth of candy for the past couple of years. Al Jourgensen

If you had a Ministry box set under your Christmas tree, wrapped in paper, 'From Beer to Eternity' is the bow that goes around the present, you know what I mean? Al Jourgensen

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I got my influences from '70s bands - Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, blah blah blah. When I was growing up, we had all these crazy bands on the Top 40. Today, if Pink Floyd released 'Money,' it wouldn't even get played. Al Jourgensen

I get along great with all of my exes. That's really cool. That's a good sign. Al Jourgensen

Good Great Sign Good Sign Along Get Really Cool

The more you think, the more you ruin things. Art has to come viscerally; otherwise, forget it. Al Jourgensen

Art You Think Otherwise Ruin More Come Forget Things

I love doing film soundtracks and working with directors on how they want the scene to be portrayed on audio as opposed to visual. I like the collaborative effort of working with people. Al Jourgensen

Love People Collaborative Visual Scene Directors Like How Audio Doing Opposed Soundtracks Effort Want Working Film Portrayed

Being on stage is not creating, it's re-creating. Al Jourgensen

Stage Being Creating

I was a pretty delinquent little kid. My folks and I didn't get along, so I basically moved out... put myself through high school and then college by working. I'm only a half-year short of a degree in history. Al Jourgensen

Myself History School Degree College Kid Out High Folks Pretty High School Only Through Delinquent Put Along Get Short Moved Little Then Little Kid Working Basically

You know what? I feel my book is kind of pointless. I didn't want to do a book, but rather than tell the same old stories over and over when my wife Angie and I are out at parties, I could just hand out a bunch of books, and she won't have to hear them ever again. Al Jourgensen

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I'm a studio rat. I like going in there as producer. Al Jourgensen

Rat Studio Like Going Producer

It's such a stupid thing to sign a band and then demand a hit right away to instantly recoup the money. The point is, you have to do it by building your own following, and that is not necessarily done by writing instant hits. Al Jourgensen

You Writing Money Stupid Building Band Own Sign Following Point Instant Instantly Demand Stupid Thing Hit Hits Done Then Your Away Right Thing Necessarily Right Away

There was one theory put forth by a journalist recently. I have a lot of friends that have died prematurely and a lot of friends that have died of natural causes. I've lost a lot of people over the years. This journalist basically recommended to me that God keeps me around because I amuse him. Al Jourgensen

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