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

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.

I know my own limitations. And if somebody says, "I need songs for a cartoon garage band - they look like this and they should sound like this," it gives you a direction. I like having that kind of assignment.

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

There are a lot of technical studio things I've learned or figured out, and I feel like I could use those things to help other people with what they're doing.

Every band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn't even get a gig.

I didn't even have a computer until like 10 years ago. I was still using a typewriter until 2002.