Probably, on some subconscious level, I was motivated by not wanting to spoon-feed any similar flavors.

Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene its not one-on-one, its a one-on-12. Its very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.

Instead of just looking back, whiplash-style, I can assume there's something else coming. Time just folds over itself, like origami.

I know more than I knew before I didn't rest I didn't stop Did we fight or did we talk.

You can get anywhere on earth by falling asleep.

I'm in the countryside outside of Paris, in a beautiful old manor house. The studio is in the basement, but we decided to set everything up in the old parlor and dining-room area so we can look at each other and (at) the sunshine coming through the stained-glass windows. It's pretty idyllic, and I think it's spoiling me. I'll have to go back to regular life after this.

Musically, I didn't relate to Berlin. There seemed to be a lot of machine music made there - I don't think I saw a stringed instrument in two years.