INTERVIEW BY HECKSTAR

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HECK: WHAT DO YOU WRITE AND HOW DID YOU GET YOUR NAME/TAG?

JESUS SAVES: I WRITE JESUS SAVES AND I GOT MY TAG FROM THIS PENTECOSTAL CHURCH I ATTENDED IN BROOKLYN CALLED JESUS SAVES AND DELIVERS...SO FROM THERE I TOOK IT AS A TAG AND I STARTED 2 GO ALL OUT 2 SPREAD THE WORD AND 2 LET EVERY NEW YORKER KNOW THE GIFT JESUS OFFERS CALLED SALVATION.

HECK: WHAT CREWS DO YOU PUSH?

JESUS SAVES: ATC, MSD, STF, RIA, GGK, DBK, UF, WRS, HSK, ITW AND NYC

HECK: WHEN DID YOU START WRITING?

JESUS SAVES: I STARTED WRITING IN 1995...THE SAME YEAR I BECAME A CHRISTIAN STILL BEING INFLUENCED BY GRAFFITI

HECK: WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD DID YOU START WRITING IN?

JESUS SAVES: IN BUSHWICK BROOKLYN

HECK: WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT THE HOOD?

JESUS SAVES: WELL I GUESS I MISS THE PEOPLE I GREW UP WITH IN BUSHWICK AND THE WRITERS I KNOWN OUT THERE THAT I DON'T SEE ANY MORE SINCE I MOVED OUT...I MISS THE HOOD AND WHEN I GO BACK EVERYTHING IS CHANGED...IT'S NOT THE SAME ANY MORE...NEW PEOPLE, NEW STORES AND A NEW WAY OF A BUSHWICK LOOK.

HECK: WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE FIRST TIME YOU DID YOUR FIRST FILLIN, BURNER, OR PEICE?

JESUS SAVES: I NEVER DID A FILLIN, BURNER OR PIECE IN THE 4 BOROUGHS, BUT IN AMITIVILLE LONG ISLAND YES...LOL IT WAS ME AND A COUPLE OF DUDES FROM CHURCH...WE WOULD MEET UP AFTER THE SERVICE AND HIT THE ROOF TOPS BY THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD BACK IN 1997... IT WAS FUN AND I LOVE LONG ISLAND

HECK: WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A LEGEND IN YOUR EYES?

JESUS SAVES: BEFORE ANYBODY AND ANYTHING I SAY THAT JESUS CHRIST IS MY NUMBER ONE LEGEND...GRAFFITI WISE DEFFINATELY JA, COPE2, DURO, INK76, SONIC, LEE, AND SMITH

HECK: WOULD YOU SAY YOU GOT INTO GRAFF FOR THE FAME, RESPECT OR SENSE OF SELF-ACHIEVEMENT?

JESUS SAVES: WELL BEFORE I WROTE JESUS SAVES MY TAG WAS SPAIN AND TILL THIS DAY I'M STILL BEING CALLED SPAIN. SPAIN IS WHO I WILL ALWAYS BE AND I DID IT 4 FAME AND RESPECT OF WHO I AM AND THE NAME I REPRESENTED ME 2 BE....ONCE GOD MADE A CHANGE I ALSO MADE A CHANGE WITH MY LIFE AND TAG AND THIS TIME I DIDN'T DO IT 4 FAME OR RESPECT...THIS TIME I DID IT 4 PEOPLE 2 SEE IT, BELIEVE IT AND RECIEVE IT

HECK: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO MAKE PEOPLE RESPECT GRAFF AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU?

JESUS SAVES: 1 THING I CAN DO 4 PEOPLE 2 RESPECT GRAFF 2 THE FULLEST IS SELF EXPRESSION...WE EXPRESS OUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS WITH IN OUR SELFES, AND NOT IN PUBLIC 4 ALL EYES 2 SEE...IT'S LIKE A POWER THAT COMES OUT WITH IN US 2 SHOW MILLIONS AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT MEANS THE WHOLE WORLD AND LIFE IT SELF 2 ME...IT'S ART, IT'S EXPRESSION, IT'S OUR LIFE, IT'S OUR HEART AND IT'S OUR DEDICATION

HECK: WHAT WOULD IT BE, OR WHAT WOULD YOU BOMB?

JESUS SAVES: I'M VERY, VERY, VERY PICKY WITH WHAT I TAG ON AND WHAT NOT 2 TAG ON...THE MAIN REASON WHY I STILL GOT TAGS ROCKING ALMOST EVERY WALL I HIT WAS BECAUSE I KNOW ON WHAT WALL MY TAG WILL LAST AND STAY ON AND WHAT WALL THEY MIGHT CLEAN AND ERASE MY TAGS WITHIN 3 DAYS TILL LIKE 10 MONTHS. EVEN IF THEY WAS 2 BUFF IT OUT WITHIN 3 YEARS, 2 ME IT'S STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH...DEFFINATELY I WOULD HIT A WALL THAT MY TAG WILL STAY AND ROCK THERE 4 AT LEAST OVER 10 YEARS AND I COULD TELL JUST BY LOOKING AT THE WALLS WITH FADED TAGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PAINTED OR BUFFED SINCE 1987 LOL

HECK: WHO WOULD YOU SAY INFLUENCED YOU TO START BOMBING?

JESUS SAVES: IN 1987 I STARTED NOTICING GRAFFITI AND YEAH I GREW UP WITH GRAFF WRITERS AROUND ME IN MY BUSHWICK NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE SHOW (RIP), TERM, EASY, SEPT, ER, RLC, COKE, IMSD, NEW, GI, SONI, SLICK, AUDLE, HD, RAD AND MANY OTHERS, BUT JA IS THE 1ST TAG I STARTED 2 SEE EVERYWHERE I WENT. IN EVERY BOROUGH AND THAT'S WHEN I REALLY GOT 2 UNDERSTAND WHAT GRAFFITI STOOD 4 AND WHAT GRAFFITI WAS ALL ABOUT...JUST LIKE HIM I ALSO WANTED 2 BE EVERYWHERE AND IN EVERY PLACE.

HECK: HOW DID YOU LEARN TO WRITE?

JESUS SAVES: I LEARNED ON MY OWN...AT FIRST I WAS VERY WACK AND A TOY LIKE EVERYBODY STARTS OFF LIKE U KNOW? BUT MY SKILLS GOT BETTER BY BUYING MY OWN PERSONAL BLACK BOOK AND JUST START MESSING WITH LETTERS AND COLORS 2 MAKE A DIFFERENT JESUS SAVES STYLE IN EVERY PAGE ON MY BLACK BOOK...ALSO A NOT BOOK AND PEN AND JUST PRACTICE ON MY OUTLINES...A BABY IS BORN AND SOON AFTER THE BABY WALKS AND TALKS AND NEXT THING U KNOW THE BABY BECOMES A GROWN MAN OF HIS OWN...THAT'S HOW IT IS WHEN U LEARN HOW 2 PIECE AND SKETCH UR TAG NAMES

HECK: HOW DO YOU GET YOUR PAINT? ANY FUNNY RACKING MISSIONS?

JESUS SAVES: NO CAUSE I NEVER RACKED SINCE I WAS GOING 2 CHURCH AND SPREADING THIS JESUS SAVES MESSAGE, BUT IT WAS ONLY ONE TIME THIS DEMO HAD ME PUSHING OUT A SHOPPING CART WITH A BOX OF 24 RUSTO PAINTS IN PERGAMENT ON METROPOLITAN QUEENS ON RIDGEWOOD/GLENDALE BY TOYS R US... AFTER THAT WE CAME OFF, BUT MAN I HAD A LOT OF PRAYING 2 DO CAUSE OF THAT LOL

HECK: ANY FUNNY STORIES?

JESUS SAVES: YEAH MAN, I WAS TAGGING ALL BROADWAY UNDER THE J-LINE IN BROOKLYN GOING ALL THE WAY FROM BROADWAY JUNCTION 2 WILLIAMSBURG...I GOT HALF WAY THERE TILL THESE MEXICANS STOPPED ME ON BROADWAY AND GRAHAM AVE IN FRONT OF WOODHALL HOSPITAL...THEY WAS SO DRUNK AND TALKING 2 ME THAT THEY BLESSED ME WITH $134. THE FACT THAT I WAS PREACHING 2 THEM AND TELLING THEM THAT TO GOD THEY ARE SPECIAL, IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE...ONC THEY GAVE ME THE MONEY, I LOOKED AT IT AS IF IT WAS GOD WHO WAS BLESSING ME THROUGH THEM, SO I MADE A QUICK PRAYER 4 THEM BOTH AND STOPPED MY TAGGING MISSION 4 ANOTHER DAY SINCE THE FLUSHING AVE TRAIN STATION WAS THERE LOL

HECK: BEEF: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO GET OFF YOUR CHEST?

JESUS SAVES: YEAH MAN...BEEF IS STUPID AND REDICULOUS..I SEE A BIG COMPETITION AMOUNG ONE ANOTHER AND I JUST WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL HUMAN BEINGS MAN...NOBODY IS BETTER THAN ANYBODY...WE BREATHE THE SAME AIR, WE ALL CAME FROM WOMEN AND WE ALL MUST DIE SOMEDAY...IN GOD'S EYES WE'RE ALL EQUAL AND WE'RE ALL SPECIAL...FOOLISH AND IGNORENT ARE THOSE WHO LET HATE TAKE OVER THEIR HEARTS...ALL THAT FIGHTING AND JUMPING WON'T MAKE IT BETTER OR WORST...IT'S SAD 2 SEE YOUNG KIDS HOSPITALIZED AND EVEN PRONOUNCED DEAD CAUSE OF BEEF...HATRED IS A DISEASE THAT AFFECTS A MAN'S MIND MENTALLY AND ALSO AFFECTS A MAN EMOTIONALLY WHICH COAST MANY 2 BECOME VIOLENT AND MURDEROUS...MOST OF THESE CATS NEED TO WAKE UP AND NEED TO REALIZE THAT THE DEVIL EXISTS AND THAT HE CAME 2 STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY...THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS THAT IF ANY ONE CLAIMS TO BE THE MAN AND CLAIMS 2 HAVE HEART 2 DO THIS AND THAT, I DARE ANY THUG, GANGSTA AND ANYBODY 2 BE DIFFERENT!!!

HECK: WHAT ADVISE WOULD YOU GIVE TO WRITERS OUT THERE?

JESUS SAVES: 1ST OF ALL BE UR SELF...DO UR THING AND HAVE UR OWN STYLE OF TAGGING WHICH MAKES WHO U ARE AND SHOWS OTHERS THAT UR UNIQUE...LOVE UR GRAFFITI TAG NAME AND UR STYLES AND WAY OF WRITING IT...GET UR RESPECT BY DOING UR THING, BUT MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL IT MUST START FROM WITHIN U..DON'T GO AND MAKE YA SELVES HOT BY TAGGING ON CLEAN PROPERTY CAUS IT'S JUST THE SAME AS IF UR STRIPPING UR TAG NAKID IN THE EYE OF THESE VANDAL SQUADS...USE OTHER GRAFFITI NAMES ON THE WALLS 2 COVER UR SELF AND BLEND IN WITH THE REST...HOW CAN THEY TELL WHEN OR WHAT YEAR U WROTE IT? NAMEAN?

HECK: HOW DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER YOU BY?

JESUS SAVES: I WANT PEOPLE 2 REMEMBER ME BY A MAN WHO GOT SO MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT 4 HUMANITY...A MAN WHO MADE A CHANGE BY ACCEPTING GOD INTO MY LIFE...A MAN WHO LIKE MANY LIKED DRUGS, WAS BREAKING IN 2 CRIBS, ROBBIN PEOPLE, STICKING UP PEOPLE, SELLING DRUGS, FIGHTING AND WHO MADE A BIG CHANGE BY CHOOSING THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST

HECK: SHOUT OUTS?

JESUS SAVES: I WANNA SAY THANK U 2 MY LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST 4 HIS SALVATION...THANK YOU HECK ONCE AGAIN, MY SISTER GESSE (UR MY ONLY SISTER AND I'M GLAD THAT OUT OF ALL FEMALES GOD CHOSE U 2 GROW ALONG WITH ME THROUGH OUT ALL THESE YEARS FROM A BABY I ONCE CARRIED), MY ATC FAMILY CREW (I LOVE YA ALL), GRAFFSTARS.COM (THANK U 4 THIS OPPORTUNITY), DJ HESS, LASS, DURO, NANDO, PEST, DEPS, ZORO, TROOL22, WAK, CHILLWILL, CHICHI, CHINO H, BLOCK, ACE, AV, UNKO, TAG, SAYNT, RUSS, RASKO, DEUS, EVAN, DJ, CHARMS, JAYO, TROC, 3D, ICEMAN, STYLES, JMONEY, MEPH, DELA, DERO, BIG L, SCRAMS, GIGGLES, JOHNNY, LIZ, JUNITO, ERICKA, DENO, TATA, PRIETO, GR, ACE, AND PASTOR EMMA (THANK YOU 4 BEING A SPRITIAL MOTHER AND 4 WAKING ME UP EARLY AT 6 IN THE MORNING 2 FAST PRAY AND READ THE BIBLE WHICH HAS MADE ME WHO I AM 2DAY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST... I LOVE U EMMA)

HECK: FINAL THOUGHTS?

JESUS SAVES: YEAH MAN...2 EVERYBODY OUT THERE...LOVE UR SELF, RESPECT UR SELF AND ALSO LOVE AND RESPECT OTHERS AS WELL AS U WANT THEM TO DO U CAUSE WITHOUT LOVE AND RESPECT, WHAT DOES A MAN GAIN IF HE DOESN'T SHOW ANY?A MAN REAPS WHAT HE SOWS....LOVE UR LIFE AND DO THE RIGHT THING 4 A RIGHTEOUS MAN STANDS TALL AND FIRM, BUT A FOOL FALLS 4 HIS MISUNDERSTANDING OF LIFE AND MISTAKES!!! GOD BLESS YA ALL

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