Jerry Williams: The idea was to stop the war and all that shit, and everybody come together, love each other around the world.
Davide Traxler: No, not at all. A big part of it is in moving investment east.
Williams: They got a chance to at least reap some of the harvest.
Traxler: That doesn’t make sense. We have to address that.
Williams: So I did a country album. The song is actually called "God Bless America For What?"
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Traxler: Why? Our consumer is self-knowing, continent, and aware. We made some great steps forward with them, but it came to a moment that it wasn’t interesting to us or them.
Williams: I can't understand a motherfucking thing they're saying. And God bless 'em.
Traxler: Italians used to clap their hands when they saw a Ferrari.
Williams: My attorney at the time, Robert Fitzpatrick, was representing Jane Fonda.
Traxler: The idea is to maintain the “patrimoine”, the past.
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Williams: The same basic chord structure, the same basic grooves, just dressed a little.
Traxler: Now, there is a designer, a team, a group around it.
Williams: It takes a few dollars to do it.
Traxler: It’s one step at a time. I sleep at night.
Williams: I just need some money.