A lot of people from my generation of music are so focused on playing things correctly or to perfection that they're stuck in that safe place.

When there's so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you've already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?

If there's one thing I'm good at, it's gathering people together to do something fun.

Someone curating songs for you through your computer or being able to hold 10,000 songs on your watch - that convenience is pretty incredible, but so is the emotional impact of holding a Beatles record in your hand and listening to Let It Be.

The late '60s and the '70s, a lot of this really beautiful equipment was being made and installed into studios around the world and the Neve boards were considered like the Cadillacs of recording consoles. They're these really big, behemoth-looking recording desks; they kind of look like they're from the Enterprise in Star Trek or something like that. They're like a grayish color, sort of like an old Army tank with lots of knobs, and to any studio geek or gear enthusiast it's like the coolest toy in the world.

When I sit down to interview people, I don't hold questions and I don't know the answers. They're more like conversations that become lessons.

Just the other day someone threw a bra duct-taped to a tennis ball. I just stood there, playing guitar, thinking how this was totally premeditated. Some girl sat around inventing a way to get her bra onstage from 40 rows back.