There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable.

I didn't want to be on a major label. I wanted all the attention and the noise to go away because I wanted to be something a little bit more substantial.

I'm always looking for older equipment and ways of recording, but you can't escape the fact that it's all going to be digitized and reduced. I do think music sounds better when it's on tape and more simply recorded. 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 wonder if it's going to go back to that. Sometimes I think it has to. As music becomes more computer-based, it's lost some emotional impact.

I had long hair when I was a teenager.

When you use some of the more modern recording devices and Pro Tools, when you get into the technology, you are aching to get into some territory.

It's so easy to criticize your own time, and I see that as a problem, even for myself, as a listener.

I've personally reached the point where the sound of MP3s are so uncompelling, because so much is lost in translation.