Probably, On Some Subconscious Level, I Was

Songwriting Is A Really Fortunate Skill To Have To Frame Living And To Find New Ways To Observe Things You're Going Through.

Musically, I Didn't Relate To Berlin. There Seemed To Be A Lot Of Machine Music Made There - I Don't Think I Saw A Stringed Instrument In Two Years.

You Hit A Guitar, You Hit A Note, You Hit A Drum, You Hit An Organ. Meat And Potatoes. Simplicity. Not Getting Too Caught Up In Little Tweezers Of Perfection.

The Group-effort Sound In Recording Of Sea Lion Is Like, You Really Hear All The People In The Room And Hear Them Interlocking. Theres A Real Freight-train Energy Of All These People At The Same Time Playing.

Everything Becomes Closer Once You Realize That The World Is Only As Far Away As A Nap And A Meal.