Live shows are fun - sometimes. But you have to practice for months on end.

It was a great thrill just to know Roy Orbison, so to play, sing, write hit songs with him and have him in The Traveling Wilburys was beyond my wildest dreams!

The hairs stand up on the back of my neck at certain music.

I just realized how long it was since the last album, and where did the time go? You know?

It all comes down to what you truly love doing, and what I love doing is overdubbing and making new sounds out of things that are sometimes quite ordinary on their own, but when you put them together, they make something new--or something that sounds new. Just discovering things like that musically is a pleasure.

I don't actually like touring.

I just want to be in the studio. When you've got all the gear you want in your own house, it's difficult to go out and do something else, you know?