True Romance

Q: I've always thought there was an overlooked romantic streak in your music.

A: Anybody who has ever written a song is a romantic. A song isn't life--it's supposed to depict a part of life. Anything that isn't real life is romanticism. Anything that's under the heading of art is romanticism. Art exists to make us feel exalted and above bunny rabbits.

(from a 1994 interview with Jim and William Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain...click the headline for the full piece)