Back then, Pro Tools only had four or eight tracks, so we couldn't actually hear all the tracks. We could only hear eight at a time, so if a song had 25 or 30 tracks, we wouldn't be able to hear it until we went into the studio an put it all on tape. The process was a little bit backwards.

You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.

I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.

Most of my early records were not cohesive at all, just collections of demos recorded in different years. 'Odelay' was the first time I actually got to go in the studio and record a piece of music in a continuous linear fashion, although that was written over a year.

Your heart is a drum keeping time with everyone.

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