Poorman's 15 Minutes of Fame

“[What did you talk about in your music?] Really, really, it was just my life. You know?
The way I got kinda stuck in the system, at a young age, the trials and tribulations that it comes with…

“Actually on Roku, there’s a Bob Ross channel. But our show is Bob Ross Gallery Collection, and it’s just a collection of all his paintings that have been pulled apart in 3D so there’s a lot …

“[About Arnold Schwarzenegger] Well, I did the softball questions. In other words, I knew he was an actor. I knew he was scripted. If he would give a speech... I would ask him a question tha…

“Yeah. Yeah. I could’ve done a Footloose thing about, my God, they’re banning dancing just like Footloose or whatever. I’d have to see the movie and then use that, you know, in my doomed figh…

“But when Jerry started promoting, trying to get a record deal for those guys and calling all his relationships, I can’t tell you how many times either they thought he was on drugs or they hu…

“Well, the biggest hit is probably Ballroom Blitz and also Fox on the Run. And there’s the song Action, which was covered by Def Leppard. There’s the hit No You Don’t, which was covered by Pa…

“Harry Connick Jr. did not like us and didn’t want to be on the same music label we were on.”

“I play the Devil’s advocate all the time. So what if everybody does anyways. No, I play bass. I’m a bass player, and I play electric and upright.”

“And there’s a famous picture we did in the early days where they cut half of my face and half of his face. And the photographer literally cut the pictures, put them together, and used that a…

“Well, I was always a still photographer when I was a kid, and I always loved movies. My whole life was movies and film, and I was actually at school, studying medicine. I was pre-med and get…

“I thought I’d be lucky to sell a house or two in my first year, trying doing it full time. I ended up selling 40 houses in my first year.”

“One of the big things right now is vintage clothing. So a lot of vintage clothing, a lot of mid century modern furniture. We’ve got, of course, older antiques too, things from Hollywood Rege…

“I think the main thing to be successful in campaigns is just staying out there in the public, being accessible to people, and being responsive and of service. And that’s what I’ve tried to d…

“Well, back in the day in, like, 1978, there was an ad in The Recycler. I don’t know if you remember those. But, there was an ad for a loud and fast drummer. Like, every band I was in, they c…

“Honestly, this all gladdens me, and a lot of these records have got legs. They’ve lasted forty years and they still sound fresh.”

“People ask me all the time, what do you do with the Angels? I say, I’m kinda like that 2¢ guy that, you know, when you’re in a conversation and go, Phil, what’s your 2¢ on this? So I kinda …

“Covid made me slow down and do things I hadn’t done in years like clean out my underwear drawer…”

“One of the things that makes the movie and the reason it’s still around today is the character of Riff Randell, the main woman, because she has agency. And I have been to hundreds of screeni…

“Why does anything end? I had a great 23-year run with Sugar Ray!”

“I’m an artist. I’m a working artist. It’s not, you know, it’s not the easiest game, but I do it. Love it. And, I still play a little bit of music.”