He discusses Pop Art's place
in art history; his initial feelings about being considered a Pop artist; the influence of Los Angeles and its
environment on his work; his feelings about English awareness of America; a discussion of his use of words as images; a discussion of the Standard Station as an American icon; a discussion of the notion of freedom as it is perceived as a Southern California phenomenon; how he sees himself
in relation to the Los Angeles mural movement (L.A. Fine Arts Squad); the importance of communication to him; his relationship with the entertainment world
in Los Angeles and its misinterpretation of him; his books; collaboration with Mason Williams on «Crackers;» his approach toward conceiving an idea for paintings; personal feelings about the books that he has done; the importance of motion
in his work; a discussion of the movies «Miracle» and «Premium;» his friendship with Joe Goode; his return from Europe and his studio
in Glassell Park; his move to Hollywood
in 1965; the problems of balancing the
domestic life and the artistic life; his stain paintings and what he hopes to learn from using stains; a disscussion of bicentemial exhibition at the L.A. County Museum: «Art
in Los Angeles: Seventeen Artists
in the Sixties,» 1981; a discussion of the origin of L.A. Pop as an off shoot from the American realist tradition; his feelings about being considered a realist; the importance for him of elevating humble objects onto the
canvas; a discussion on how he chooses the words he uses
in his paintings; and his feelings about the future direction of his work.