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 have for four years now been ringing the bell. Economic Holocaust is coming. Economic day of reckoning is coming.

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.

I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.

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

There's an infinite amount of possibilities and detours and things that can distract you from actually just performing the song and having whatever emotion that's invested into the song come through in the recording.

With my own music, I try to get away from things that are familiar and things that would be easy for me to go to.