香蕉视频直播: Who or what were your biggest inspirations?
FISHMAN: Mark Fukuda was ahead of his time. When I got to the IASCA finals, he had the stuff that caught my attention. He had this yellow Blazer with all this crazy motorization, all Rockford Fosgate, big old Rockford 1,000-watt amplifiers, big box with 18-inch woofers. This was the guy that I saw and said, 鈥榃ow! I want to be like this guy.鈥� He was the one guy I looked up to. His workmanship was so ahead of his time. We actually ended up becoming good friends.
香蕉视频直播: You鈥檝e built cars for celebrities and many other noteworthy people. Is there someone that you haven鈥檛 built a car for that you鈥檇 want to?
FISHMAN: Simple: Michael Jordan. He was my biggest inspiration through all this. It鈥檚 something I鈥檝e been working towards for 24 years. Back in 1984, his first front cover of Sports Illustrated says, 鈥楢 Star Is Born鈥� and there鈥檚 Michael Jordan flying in the air. I didn鈥檛 know who he was and I鈥檇 never seen him play before. Something touched me with this guy as I was trying to learn about who he was.
He鈥檚 the guy who keeps me going. As hard as it鈥檚 been for me to stay in this industry and survive it, the one thing that keeps me going is knowing that someday I鈥檝e got to build him something. I cannot quit until he knows how he inspired me to be the best.
香蕉视频直播: What would you build for Michael Jordan?
FISHMAN: A golf cart. The ultimate, baddest golf cart on Earth. It would be beyond whatever he thought possible. First, I鈥檇 have to find out what he likes. What kind of cigars he smokes? What he does at the golf course? I don鈥檛 want to just build it without knowing what his preferences are. I want to give him something beyond anything he could ever even imagine. That鈥檚 why I built that one golf cart I did. I wanted to have something for when the day comes. I can show people what I鈥檝e already done and the next one will be 1,000 times better.
香蕉视频直播: Do you have any advice for our readers who are just starting to get into car audio, or are looking to get involved in the industry?
FISHMAN: Go to college! Go to college, man! But just be passionate about [whatever you do]. Simple and clean is better than big and gawdy and nasty. Less is more. Be passionate about it and be patient. Look at me, 24 years and I鈥檓 still learning. Every car that I do, I try to teach myself something new. I screw up, but most of my best ideas come out of screwing up. Never give up on an idea.
香蕉视频直播: What鈥檚 next for Fishman?
FISHMAN: Well, I鈥檓 working on a couple of TV shows. Talking to a couple producers right now. Most likely there鈥檚 a TV show that鈥檚 in development that I鈥檒l start with, and I鈥檝e got a couple producers who want to develop a show with me for the Spanish market. I don鈥檛 know exactly what the future holds, but something out there is waiting, that鈥檚 for sure. #pasmag
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