You Almost Have To Force Yourself To

Secrecy Is The Enemy Of Efficiency, But Don't Let Anyone Know It.

The Most Important Thing To A Lot Of People, Is To Belong To Something That's Hip Or Whatever. To Be A Part Of Something That's Not Society, Just A Clique. And They Get Real Sidetracked Trying To Think Like Everyone Else. They Don't Realize That You Have To Motivate Yourself To Do Things You Want To Do. Some People Just Like Going Along For The Ride. And Those Are The Kind Of People I Don't Get Along With Too Well.

Refusing To Ask For Help When You Need It Is Refusing Someone The Chance To Be Helpful.

The Best Thing You Can Do For A Song Is To Hear It On The Radio And To Imagine What It Could Mean To You And Then Kinda Forget The Words. Just Imagine How You Felt When You Heard It, If It Was One Of Your Songs. If It Became One Of Your Songs. If It Meant Whatever It Meant For You And As Soon As You See The Visual, You Get A Rapid Eye Movement Relationship With The Song Instead Of An Imaginative One. I Think That Can Be Dangerous Because I Don't Think I'd Want To Be Listening To A Song On The Radio And Thinking About The Video. Whatever That One Interpretation Was

I Think I Understand What Bands Want, Just From Having Made Records Myself. I Understand What It Takes To Get A Good Vocal Sound, Or To Make People Comfortable In The Studio. From Minor Things Like Their Headphone Mix - And If A Singer's Singing, How They Should Hear Themselves - To How To Make People Feel That They're Getting Exactly What They Want. All Those Things, I Think, Are An Advantage, Especially The Part About Having Done It Myself. I'm Not Just An Engineer Who Records The Sounds Well. I'm Not Afraid To Take Chances.