I Know More Than I Knew Before

I Just Went To Europe, Spent A Year Traveling, And Then I Came Home With A Finished Album And Said, "hey Everyone I'm Back!" I Gave Everyone Their Lighters From Luxembourg, Gave Them The Postcards From Italy And Rome, Then Said, "hey Look, I Made A Record, Too" And Played It For Them. The General Reaction Was Shock, Because It Was So Different From What They've Known Me To Do.

I Really Love Watching The 70s Live Performance Tv Series "the Midnight Special" And "the Old Grey Whistle Test". Those Are The Best Performances You've Ever Seen, And They Sound Incredible.

I Was Grateful To Be Away From All That Familiarity, To Have A Chance To Do Something Anonymously.

I'd Hear Some Beautiful Sade Or Kings Of Convenience Ballad Remixed In A Club And I Liked That These Simple Little Songs Seemed To Be Masquerading. They Had Put On Superhero Costumes, Got All Beefy, And Here They Were On The Dancefloor. I Was Interested In That. I Can't Make Electronic Beats, So I Leave It To The Pros Like Boys Noize And Chromeo.

I Didn't Really Get London Until I Read Dickens. Then I Was Charmed To Death By It.