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.

Sometimes, reissues can be revelatory, or put the original record in a different light, but those are rare.

Sea Change was so specific. From the beginning it was set what it was going to be. All the other ideas that I had at the time I had to put to the side.

I've been practicing for years, trying to figure out how to record an entire band live.

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.

Whatever you do has to be commercial and it can't be too distracting - it has to be background music, basically.

There's more well-known artists who aren't making as good songs as people who are just coming out of nowhere. That seems to be more typical in the last few years than ever.