I think being eclectic is bad when you're just starting out.

Music has become a bigger business, and with that there is more pressure to succeed; I think that it creates a negative pressure for being creative.

Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there.

Some artists want a producer to be a kind of svengali - someone who actually creates a sound for them.

I had previously been in the band the Modern Lovers with Jonathan Richman.

I think being eclectic is bad when you're just starting out.

Brian Eno taught us how to use the Recording Studio as an instrument.