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 grew up I guess you'd say in the cassette era.

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

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

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 the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere.

I remember you would record a guitar part, and we would have to sit there for 15 or 20 minutes waiting for the computer to process it. You'd see the little wheel spinning on the computer, and you'd be praying that the hard drive didn't crash and you didn't lose the performance.