The Limitations Are Limitless.

I Know My Own Limitations. And If Somebody Says, "i Need Songs For A Cartoon Garage Band - They Look Like This And They Should Sound Like This," It Gives You A Direction. I Like Having That Kind Of Assignment.

You Have To Shelve A Lot Of Your Inspiration. There's Only So Much You Can Do With One Record.

Technology Was Something I Avoided When I Started Out - I Didn't Even Have Electric Guitars. Only Played Acoustic. But After A While, I Realized That It's Important To Embrace Things That Are Available In Your Time, And Try To Do Something Different With Them.

There Are Certain Records From The 80s And Early 90s That You Love Because The Songs Are Great, But You Don't Go To Them As An Example Of Great Production. Over The Last 20 Years, Myself And A Lot Of Other Musicians My Age Have Tried To Discover Things In 50s, 60s, And 70s Recording Techniques That Were Lost Or Discarded. We've All Been Trying To Crack This Code. It's Been An Important Period In The Last 15 Years, Reclaiming Some Of Those Lost Approaches To Making Records.

I'm Always Looking For Older Equipment And Ways Of Recording, But You Can't Escape The Fact That It's All Going To Be Digitized And Reduced. I Do Think Music Sounds Better When It's On Tape And More Simply Recorded. I've Been Arguing With People For 10 Years About Tape Versus Digital, And I Believe Tape Is Absolutely Essential In Getting The Sound That's Conducive To The Enjoyment Of Music. I Wonder If It's Going To Go Back To That. Sometimes I Think It Has To. As Music Becomes More Computer-based, It's Lost Some Emotional Impact.