Musician and producer Jon Brion:

“I think my life is a version of my show played out over a very long time. There are periods of structured things; there are periods of improvisation. There are periods that go better than expected, and there are periods where you fall on your face. You get back up if you really love what you’re doing, and you do it regardless. I have that freedom by not having a set list.”

Always fun to hear people from the pop music industry talking about ideas.

Interesting side plot seems to be the AV Club editors weighing their obvious appreciation for stories like this one against their desire to reach as many eyeballs as possible. Probably some kind of growth management story in there too. Difficult decisions to be made when opportunities for growth potentially conflict with efforts to honor an original vision.

[tags]Onion AV Club, Jon Brion[/tags]