For the records I've work on over the last 10 years, I get sent the really compressed version and the non-compressed version, and oftentimes you end up going with the more compressed one because it's what people's ears are attuned to. I think the bigger problem is saturation and people being desensitized.

The only way I was allowed to play was by convincing bands to let me do a few songs while they set up. That went on for years.

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'm always working on my own music, too. I've been working on a record for a few years.

Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic. But after a while, I realized that it's important to embrace things that are available in your time, and try to do something different with them.

You just want to go back to those 70s albums. Even a lot of the 90s indie records were still done on tape, and you hear the difference.

When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.