I actually bought this magazine not knowing we were in it… Funny thing is, I don’t see this sort of thing as a pat on the back. More like a challenge to live up to. Now we gotta work twice as hard. So…thanks to Monocle for the kick in the pants.

We’ve got much more control than money. You can’t get everything. We live in a society where money is what people want, so they can’t get the control. We chose. Control is freedom. People say we’re control freaks, but control is controlling your destiny without controlling other people. We’re not trying to manipulate other people, just controlling what we do ourselves. Controlling what we do is being free. People should stop thinking that an artist that controls what he does is a bad thing. A lot of artists today are just victims, not having control, and they’re not free. And that’s pathetic. If you start being dependent on money, then money has to reach a point to fit your expenses. -Thomas Bangalter



