I pretty much draw the line when people want you to do original music for commercials.

Music has been already devalued by the consumer. There's an expectation that it should be free so the race to the bottom has already been won.

I'd rather have a strong career, playing and selling records to a loyal audience, then having one record that exploded. That would be devastating.

It was a nice relief to be able to work on individual songs.

I pretty much draw the line when people want you to do original music for commercials.

I was in school for literature, and read so many 19th century and early 20th century novels that it was hard to break out of that and read an average Jeanette Winterson book or something.

Pop music has always adopted the style of marrying upbeat melodies to dour lyrics.