Sometimes I think I don't have much choice in the matter. It's just what happens, and I'm following my instincts the whole time.

There's songs that could either be taken as a conversation between two people, like "The Privateers," or "Why," from a much earlier record. Or "Glass Figurine." That's my version of a relationship song.

Correlation across replicated environments adds a whole new dimension of complexity of the environment, ... You would expect most application groups to have the same set of policies. In reality, you have differences in policies. That reflects back to that whole process of manual storing in the environment.

No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.

Songwriting requires some sort of ceremony to even get the process started, and it can be somewhat arbitrary.

Sometimes the word dictated the melody.

A day off after a show with no agenda in a foreign city is about the most fertile creative situation I can imagine. Just walking with nothing to do, killing time and hearing the sights and sounds of an unfamiliar place.