Nothing ever changes as far as Westerns are concerned. They are the same today as they were years ago.
That's what ever great writer, I believe, has done over the course of time - is they've figured out new ways of telling the same stories.
A big part of the Alice Cooper sound is the big classic rock licks, the big, classic thematic kind of... It's not about going crazy, it's not about playing super fast.
I think all novels are contemporary. When people went to see 'Antony-Cleopatra' at the Globe in the 16th century, they were not going to get a history lesson on the Roman Empire. It was about love, sex, and also about dynastic troubles.
I love researching, whether it's old Western documentaries or old Western country singers or John Ford Westerns, which are heavily influenced by family values, which so many of these country songs are related to.
One reason why Shakespeare's plays remain so popular is that they're now regularly presented in updated stagings with a contemporary flavor.
I'm not big on sequels; I've done them, but I like doing little things that have their own timelessness to them, classic type things, and then you go onto something new.
The music in the movie [Everybody Loves Somebody] is very much hand-picked specifically because it's our history and our traditions. The themes are universal.
To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
The good books stick around for a reason. There is a reason that we come back to them and they are so rewarding.
There's nothing wrong with the classic ways of adapting stuff.
