content to blend into the rest of the pack. The album contains bonus tracks consisting of remixes by Moby, the Chemical Brothers, Leftfield, and Danny Saber. While certain songs may bring to mind Lydons work with Public Image Ltd., Psychos Path possesses a distinct stance of it's own, as Lydon explains here...
Although I love working in Public Image Ltd. - which is kind of a corporation of people where everybody contributes equally - a solo album has to all come from inside, and I think it results in a less dissapated energy. By it's very nature, being in a band is a compromise; as soon as you share you thoughts, they become diluted. Working solo, I find that I can be alot gentler, but also alot more accurate. This album is more like an angry horse being held on a leash, whereas in Public Image we let the angry horses all run wild. The way I see it, I've built four walls around myself, and I've gone insane inside them. It's organised chaos.
I'm a really bad musician, but I know how to make sounds that I like. The more musicians learn, the less they know, because they lack their sense of freedom - everything becomes a format. I love the idea of formats, because I love fucking with them. Turned upside down, they become incredibly interesting.
I don't use other peoples samples; I create my own, and run them through the keyboards. This is the way I likemusic - you can either appreciate it or dislike it. I'm never going to fit in some genre just to please the masses. If I ever wasted my time trying to make records that other people would like, then I'd be in a very sorry state indeed. I can't fake anything; it doesn't work. My motivation come from inside; it's not affected by anything outside or what anyone else thinks or does. The only advice I would give anyone is go your own way. And thats not a Fleetwood Mac reference.
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