when he told E!, “It’s public knowledge that it’s not a music channel. It’s become a huge promotional opportunity for artists, which is a good thing. I think that great artists were there and they were represented and there could have been more.”"I remember when I was a kid I worshipped the VMAs,” he said. “I’d see these incredible moments where the whole world sat still to watch the VMAs and year ’round they’d play music—Nirvana, Pearl Jam, bands I loved. There were a lot of memorable moments and not only that, it was music television. It was a celebratory day that represented what the channel stood for. It’s sad. It’s like seeing Tower Records in L.A. as a clothing store. I was just fed up with the whole thing. It is what it is. It was a very off-the-cuff statement that I definitely stood by.”
