I'm Always Looking For Older Equipment And

When I Pull Out Vinyl - Which Isn't That Often Anymore - It's Undeniable That I Get A Different Feeling. There's A Different Physiology Happening Between The Sound Waves And The Body That Doesn't Happen With Music Playing Off The Computer.

Sea Change Was So Specific. From The Beginning It Was Set What It Was Going To Be. All The Other Ideas That I Had At The Time I Had To Put To The Side.

There's 40 Or 50 Songs That Nobody's Heard That I've Done In Between Albums. There's A Whole Evolution From Midnite Vultures To Sea Change That's Never Been Released.

The Years Keep Going By And You Realize, Wow. Doing These Records Is Such A Process: Going On Tour For A Year And A Half, Then You Get Home And You Want To Do Other Things.

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.