You Can't Write If You Can't Relate.

Sea Change Was So Specific. From The Beginning It Was Set What It Was Going To Be. All The Other Ideas That I Had At The Time I Had To Put To The Side.

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.

[early On,] The Attitude Was That What I Was Doing Wasn't Music.

When My Nephew Was 3 And 4, He Would Say The Most Genius Things. He Said, You're Hammer Macho With Fbi Dogs. I Thought It Was Just One Of Those Great Lines.

I Think Trying To Be Offbeat Is The Most Boring Thing Possible.