That was bad, bad music. And there is nothing as bad in this world as bad music.
- You know you can record over tapes? -No.
That was a novelty act. You want to have actual sexual intercourse, right?
- Yeah. What, what?
- The girl. It's all about the girl, isn't it?
- Yeah, the girl, yeah.
- And you're gonna use somebody else's art to get her? Are you kidding?
We're just starting. We need to learn how to play.
Did the Sex Pistols know how to play? You don't need to know how to play. Who are you? Steely Dan? You need to learn how not to play, Conor. That's the trick. That's rock and roll. And that takes practice. And you're not a covers band, by the way.
- Really?
- No. Every school has a covers band. Every pub has a covers band. Every wedding has a covers band. And every covers band has a middle-aged member who'll never know whether they could've made it in the music industry or not because they never had the balls to write a song for someone else. Rock and roll is a risk. You risk being ridiculed.