My Style Is A Little Quirky. I

Anthemic Rock Music Is Inherently Fascist - Anything Intended To Move Huge Masses Of People Is Politically Offensive To Me.

I Don't Think You Can Escape The Environment We Live In Now.

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.

My Writing Is Really Intuitive. As A Kid, I Went To School In New Jersey And Hung Out In New York, So The Way Kids Used To Talk Got Into Our Earlier Songs.