Now, I know I'll be told to 'lighten up,' because that's the
all-purpose YUPPIE response to any sign of moral earnestness
or emotional intensity. Anticipating that trick, I say...
I'm not going to squander my seriousness on a matter I take
lightly.
-- Tom Ward. Village Voice Feb. 1990.
Music should be the realm of pure play, but capitalism has
corrupted it into another fucking chore, and made us all
a bunch of whores.
-- Tom Ward. Village Voice Feb. 1990.