Lately I've been a workaholic. I'm in the studio all the time and I've helped to produce a couple of artists

If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record

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

I privilege the music over the lyrics

When I was a teenager, I got into four track recorders, drum machines, and synthesizers, and I started producing instrumental music.

I did a song, "Court and Spark," for a Joni Mitchell tribute album that's yet to see the light of day. So she's someone I'd like to do something with, sure. I worked with the great guitar player Bill Frisell on Phantom Moon - that was fun. I'm such a fan; he's amazing.

My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a certain way, I was a 27 year old kid with a guitar