I Think Trying To Be Offbeat Is

You Can't Write If You Can't Relate.

It's Hard To Make Music Knowing That It's Not Going To Be Received By The Listener In The Way That It Should Be.

There's More Well-known Artists Who Aren't Making As Good Songs As People Who Are Just Coming Out Of Nowhere. That Seems To Be More Typical In The Last Few Years Than Ever.

There's An Infinite Amount Of Possibilities And Detours And Things That Can Distract You From Actually Just Performing The Song And Having Whatever Emotion That's Invested Into The Song Come Through In The Recording.

I'm Always Looking For Older Equipment And Ways Of Recording, But You Can't Escape The Fact That It's All Going To Be Digitized And Reduced. I Do Think Music Sounds Better When It's On Tape And More Simply Recorded. I've Been Arguing With People For 10 Years About Tape Versus Digital, And I Believe Tape Is Absolutely Essential In Getting The Sound That's Conducive To The Enjoyment Of Music. I Wonder If It's Going To Go Back To That. Sometimes I Think It Has To. As Music Becomes More Computer-based, It's Lost Some Emotional Impact.