I Want To Get Lean And Mean,

I've Just Recently Started Doing The Promo Bits For The New Album, And The Funny Thing Is That The People Who Come To Talk To Me About These Things Seem To Be Getting Younger. It's Like The People Who Like The Music Are All Young Kids And They're On Top Of You - They Know All About What You're Doing, And They're Excited And Animated About It. So It's A Lot Of Fun.

Even If You're Improvising, The Fact That Beforehand You Know Certain Things Will Work Helps You Make Those Improvisations Successful. It Really Helps To Have A Certain Amount Of Knowledge About Musical Structure.

There Was A Time Where I Was The Youngest One In Any Group, And Now When I Turn Around Sometimes, I'm The Oldest One In Every Group. It Just Seemed To Flip-flop One Day - It Wasn't A Gradual Thing.

I Write In The Studio, I Don't Sit Around With A Piano Or A Guitar And Write Songs. I Get Satisfaction Out Of That Because I Can Finish The Song Really Quickly. I Can Use Whatever Momentum I Have. I've Got To Put It Down, Develop It, And Get It As Far [as I Can], Because The Excitement Of The Moment Of When You Get That Idea - You Want To Try And Hold It And Build On It And Really Gain Strength From It. Being In The Studio And Writing Songs Like That Is Really The Best Way.

Time Plays A Role In Almost Every Decision. And Some Decisions Define Your Attitude About Time.