I: You often use phrases and mottoes on your covers and you also created a short story "The Coachman Tales" for "Turn Of The Tides". Where do you get this philosophical tendency from, and do you want to maybe publish your stories?
EF: I once studied philosophy on the side for a few years, but that is not really the reason, because what you are given in universities and academies is not the essential point. No, it has to do with the fact that in my life I have always asked myself certain questions, and I believe that all people ask themselves these same questions somehow. Even if they don't admit it, because they think it is embarassing. But I never met anybody who was able to answer the question "Who Are You?". He may say "John Smith!". "Yes, and who is John Smith?" "Well me!" "Yes, but who are you?" You understand? That's the way it goes. It is a simple question nobody can give an answer to. That's what I mean with simple philosophical things, you should never take something for what it seems to be, for how it presents itself. I don't want to publish a book - just a remark on the side - that is something that doesn't interest me.
I: So with your music and a bit of humour you want to encourage people to start tinking?
EF: Yes, I also like to be ironic and I also prefer those writers that output something significant and truly great. When they spit out something really interesting, then just blink with one eye, turn around and say, thanks and so long...
I: In this ironic way you also did the "Tyranny of Beauty" CD. You also wrote a little story for this one, right?
EF: Yes, of course, that was pure irony, about Lagerfeld. But the story came after the CD. That was an idea that nobody understood. The "Tyranny of Beauty" was a comment about the catwalk and all this model business. We even got an invitation and played at a fashion show in L.A. That was the only gala we ever did. (laughs)! We were rolling on the floor with laughter and sent Linda over the catwalk in a wedding gown with her saxophone. That was a totally crazy event. The organizers actually spent a ridiculous amount of cash only to have us play at a fashion show.
I: How long did you play there? One hour?
EF: No way! Thirty Minutes! For thirty minutes, we flew with our full equipment to LA and performed there. We did this to demonstrate the absurdity of such an event and and the absurdity in all things that pass eventually. I believe someone like Claudia Schiffer would not even get a job as a door(wo)man in 10 years from now. This has nothing to do with the fact that as a human being, she may be a very nice person. It is simply the way life goes. And it means that we shouldn't have to make such a big fuzz only because someone is maybe born with two beautyful ears or so.
As an idea for the cover, we actually had planned to use a Barbie doll, but for legal reasons they immediately took that idea out of our computers.
I: So instead you took an egyptian art cover as a hint to this subject?
EF: But almost nobody got it. For example, on almost all TD covers there are so called pictograms, symbolic hints to something, and in the text there are references to things one can find out. There are combinations of numbers, numerology. TD records are full of these.
Some people come and say "I discovered something!". But I have to add: These are always positive hints. Positive in such a way that they encourage in a playful manner to think. We never want to influence anyone, so there are no hidden messages or any of this magic stuff. We have nothing to do with this. But sometimes we don't get a lot of response.
Symbolism of the Cover artwork and making people think
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