Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary.
Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.
I don't listen to a lot of music any more and even the people I've loved for years - the Nick Drakes of this world - I can't go back to them and listen to them over and over.
It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.
I'm obsessed with books.
I like to explore a lot of textural, arrangement aspects in the studio.