There's a perception that if an artist produces another artist, they're going to imprint on them. But I'm the opposite. I want to hear that artist; I don't want to hear me - that's the last thing I want to hear. 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.

There are plenty of Minutemen. People willing to be Minutemen. Where are the people that want to be George Washington? Where are the Benjamin Franklins? Where is Sam Adams? Where is John Adams?

I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by.

Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic.

It's hard to make music knowing that it's not going to be received by the listener in the way that it should be.

I enjoy recording live better, but I think by the nature of it you are going to end up with something that's a little bit more traditional.

I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.