As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.

Sometimes, I think the way the music business has been destructive and the way the fans are been put through it and try to navigate through it, so much is so foreign to what musicians would actually want to do or what would be natural to them.

The years keep going by and you realize, Wow. Doing these records is such a process: going on tour for a year and a half, then you get home and you want to do other things.

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

There are certain records that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go to them as an example of great production.

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.

Maybe certain aspects of what I was doing were reacting against what was happening or what people said, too. That's something that happens when you're starting out. After some time goes by and you get a little perspective, you realize that you don't need to react. You can just carry on with what you're doing. That took me a long time figure out; I've only gotten to that point in the last five or 10 years.