Delroy Lindo: There was a scene that was cut out of the film, but it was really important to me.
Van Dyke Parks: It was foolish to expect an audience to put it all together.
Lindo: On some level we’re everything and everywhere. Does that make sense?
Parks: I’m just not so happy about the corporate reality we live in.
Lindo: Absolutely, because there are always those who are trying to constrain, restrain, suppress.
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Parks: You just cannot do anything of any merit if you constantly hang your hopes on what people will think of you.
Lindo: No question. I’m not sure what I would do differently.
Parks: (laughs) Warner Music Group belongs to some Russian billionaire now.
Lindo: I’m not quite sure why you’re saying that.
Parks: It’s a habit of mine. I don’t know.
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Lindo: All of the above.
Parks: Yet artists rebel against that idea.
Lindo: When we were all rocking to the music, we’re reacting and responding—the synapses were just firing off, man.
Parks: So many people think back then everything was about the dope. That’s why, I’m sorry to say, I had to turn to the issue of greed.
Lindo: That’s profound, that’s right.