I think it’s really about career longevity, I can’t say there’s a current artist who I’m as impressed with in terms of creative flexibility, ‘cause it really takes thirty years to see how creatively flexible someone could be. And then again there are people who are just great because they do the same thing. I mean, I love The Mountain Goats, and John Darnielle’s a pretty consistent songwriter – if you like some of his stuff, you’ll probably like the other stuff, and that’s a great thing. In one of the Jonathan Richman albums from the ‘90s the liner notes are really funny; it’s actually a really interesting counterpoint to the Lou Reed thing. Jonathan said: “Once in a while an artist puts out an album that is so different from the rest of his output it requires some explanation on the part of the artist. This is not one of those albums, it’s pretty much the same kind of thing I’ve been doing for the last fifteen years; if you like those, you’ll probably like this one, I hope you continue to like what I do”
