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

What's nice about being a producer is you get to roll the dice more often, and you get to be involved with lots of different kinds of music.

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

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

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.

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

I see myself as the buffer between the band and the record company.