Twain  says he use the last name Twain to honor American culture and grand literary tradition. 

“One of the things that happening in the 21st century,  is that as all of these cool and wonderful things are happening. We’re detaching from our roots and the things that make up our identity.”  

As a writer , the name matches the kind of long winding folksy Mississippi-like narratives  I write. It also matches my writing style, which has been described by some folks as Twain like and folksy, probably because of my background as a singer and a songwriter.  Believe you me, I use the name with the greatest reverence and humility, believe me I know I’m no Mark Twain.  

As a publisher, He thinks the symbolism is important. “Symbolism is important. By deleting our history. 

“The Twain name is one of the most esteemed in our literary canon and in American history.  In our rush to adopt new technologies, I think it’s important for us to not forget them what brung us. And there’s a lot of things what brung us that are being forgotten.””

‘If anybody objected of course,  I’d change it, but somehow  I don’t think they will. I’ve written to the Twain family for permission but have not yet heard back’ 

“As a musician it works with the kind of American roots music I grew up with and the kind of songs I sing.  It also works for the UK side which is important to me.

Here he slips into “Liverpool Beatle. There’s also a symbolism to it ya know,  “Twain” that catches my weird in stuck in limbo in the universe between identities. Never the Twain shall meet, ya know.” 

Twain says he stopped using the last name his parents gave him many years ago. 

“I always hated the word. I didn’t know why.  Now I do. It always felt like it was cursed.  And I suspect it may be, given the things that happened to people in my family. I tried to get away from it as fast as I could. It took me half a lifetime but I did.’

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