There are a lot of technical studio things I've learned or figured out, and I feel like I could use those things to help other people with what they're doing.

It gets a little bit troublesome when you have something that's overcompressed that shouldn't be.

Most of my early records were not cohesive at all, just collections of demos recorded in different years. 'Odelay' was the first time I actually got to go in the studio and record a piece of music in a continuous linear fashion, although that was written over a year.

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'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere.

I'm sure the music is going to come out. I'm not sure if I'm going to put out 12"s or put the songs on my website. I just have to get them done.

With modern recording techniques, and living in the Pro Tools era, the process gets really drawn-out, and it can become painstaking.