My Style Is A Little Quirky. I

I Think Of Steely Dan As Being Of Its Time, And It May Be Inseparable From Its Time.

Melodies Can Be Good Depending On The Context. You Can Have A Simple Melody, And If The Harmony Behind It Is Interesting, It Can Make A Very Simple Melody Really Different. You Can Also Have A Complex Melody. The More Complex It Is, The Harder It Is To Sing, And Then Sometimes It Can Sound Contrived. You Could Write A Melody That Would Be Fine On A Saxophone But If You Give It To A Singer, It Can Sound Raunchy.

I'm Starting To Get Older, And Began To Think About Mortality A Little More. My Mother Died In 2003 And That Was A Big Shock. When Your Parents Start To Die Off, That's Going To Be A Revelation. So For Me, This Album - Although It Might Sound Quite Cheery - Is Really Talking About Death.

I Had A Dream That Britney Spears Rubbed Her Breasts In My Face And Jennifer Lopez Gave Me Head While Salma Hayek Sucked My Toes And The Olsen Twins Videotaped Everything. I Would Have Kept Dreaming It, Too, If I Hadn't Set Off The Smoke Detector.

When You Get A Groove Going, Time Flies.