With modern recording techniques, and living in the Pro Tools era, the process gets really drawn-out, and it can become painstaking.

Especially in music, you wonder, Okay, should I still be doing this? Like, are you overstaying your welcome at the party? But I don't know.

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

You can't write if you can't relate.

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.

I didn't want to be on a major label. I wanted all the attention and the noise to go away because I wanted to be something a little bit more substantial.