I am strictly against remaking a movie.
I would never try and do a remake off a movie. I think that's a whole different thing. I think everyone will always remember the first movie, and they will always compare it with the second one.
Bill Gallagher's new version of 'The Prisoner' is an enthralling commentary on modern culture. It is witty, intelligent and disturbing. I am very excited to be involved.
Remember the diner in 'Happy Days?' I do want to do a show like that. But an updated version.
The record was only released in the UK, and then when the idea for the remixed album came about, which was an idea that I've had for the longest time, I said this would be great song to remix as well, and so we did it.
When you do a remake, there's a lot of pressure because people always love the original.
There will always be a replacement coming along very soon - a newer version, a crazier version, a louder version. So if you haven't got a long-term plan, then you are merely a passing phase, the latest trend, yesterday's event.
'House of Wax' is a remake, but 'House of Wax' is very different. It's like a background concept, but it's a completely different story.
Especially with Elektra, because I'm doing a lot of the covers for the new version of Elektra.
Dropkicks are old moves, but I wanted to make a new version of an old move.
When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD.
I want you to hear a new version of Dueling Banjos. Anyone else is welcome.
It is our job to continue imagining higher, and even higher, states of being - higher thoughts, word and deeds - in order that we might continue creating ourselves anew in the next grandest version of ourselves.
I was in school when 'Sholay' was released. I think recreating a film like that is a good idea.
