ALICE COOPER

ALICE COOPER - "I'm Not Going To Be Considered A Great Singer, But I Want To Be Considered A Great Songwriter"







Shock rock legend ALICE COOPER spoke with Chris Richards from Washingtonpost.com recently about a number of topics. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

Washingtonpost.com: What do you think of the rock hall as a concept? Music isn't a sport with statistics or championships.

Cooper: "That's the hardest thing to explain to people. When they say, 'How come you're not in? You've sold all these records . . . ' If it were stats, I think I'd be way okay. But it's your heroes that are voting for you. You've got your McCartneys and your Jaggers and your Townshends, the Jeff Becks of this world who get a ballot and your name is on there. And you realize, those are the guys you learned from. . . . It is an exclamation point on your career."

Washingtonpost.com: Do you ever think about your legacy?

Cooper: "I'm not going to be considered a great singer, but I want to be considered a great songwriter. And a great performer. But I don't take the fame seriously. I think that's why I'm still here."

Washingtonpost.com: As a rock star, is it strange to see your influence on pop?

Cooper: "I was a big fan of pop music. THE BEATLES made the best pop records ever. . . . But I think that our influence, maybe even more than the theatrics, was the attitude. We came out as the underdog and gave out more attitude than the audience did."

Read the entire interview here.