My Hope Has Always Been That Each

The Less People Present In An Urgent Situation That A Moderately High Stakes Recording Session Can Create - The Less People There Are In The Room - The More Openness There Can Be. These Songs Share That As Well, In Addition To Just The Obvious, Basic Starkness.

You're Hoping That It's Going To Be An Extraordinary Experience Any Time You Create And/or Listen To Music With Other People. I Guess What I've Been Saying Over The Past Few Minutes Is That It's Hard To Do That, To Create That.

I Think Records And Music Are More Appropriate And More Respectful Of The Human Soul Than The Churches Are. And More Respectful Of The Needs Of Humans To Communicate With The Aspects Of Themselves That Are Neglected By Language.

I've Never Done A Video Where I Feel Like The Images Have Anything To Do With My Song, Except In The Most Vague Way Possible, Because I Feel Like The Song Is Its Own Complete Thing. But Ideally, A Song Is A Complete Sphere Like The Earth, Where If You Were An Alien With A Huge, Huge Finger, You Could Stick Your Finger Into The Middle Of The Ocean And Make An Impression On It. It’s Not An Impregnable Sphere, But It Is A Sphere.

Frank Sinatra's Never Been Handsome, But He's One Of My Favorite Singers. Who Needs Looks When You Have A Voice And Power?