I mean, at the end of the day when I'm making a record, what I want to do is what I do

I started playing music at a pretty young age

But really important, perhaps most important is the craft; how you make your record, the creation of these sonic worlds you want your listener to hear.

I make the kind of music I like

A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following

I'd have these weird experiences where I'd just be walking down the street with this chord progression in my head, this happened more than a few times, and I'd walk home and find a fax in my machine and it would match the music in my head

Happy music doesn't tend to move me much