When you get a groove going, time flies.

It's great to know that our old stuff still sounds good to our fans, just as it's wonderful to think that we've turned a few people on to jazz over the years.

What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?

I think of Steely Dan as being of its time, and it may be inseparable from its time.

I'm starting to get older, and began to think about mortality a little more. My mother died in 2003 and that was a big shock. When your parents start to die off, that's going to be a revelation. So for me, this album - although it might sound quite cheery - is really talking about death.

I don't think you can escape the environment we live in now.

Now why the hell would I want to increase the volume of my ejaculation ? They can already hear me in the apartment next door.