Especially in music, you wonder, Okay, should I still be doing this? Like, are you overstaying your welcome at the party? But I don't know.

Back then, Pro Tools only had four or eight tracks, so we couldn't actually hear all the tracks. We could only hear eight at a time, so if a song had 25 or 30 tracks, we wouldn't be able to hear it until we went into the studio an put it all on tape. The process was a little bit backwards.

As music becomes more computer-based, it's lost some emotional impact.

There's a perception that if an artist produces another artist, they're going to imprint on them. But I'm the opposite.

I had long hair when I was a teenager.

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 do think music sounds better when it's on tape and more simply recorded.