It would be a stronger world, a stronger, loving world, to die in.
In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.
The avant-garde makes more sense to me.
There are a few people that I always say, "Hey, what do you think of this?" The minute that you know that you want this particular person to hear it, you know that you're pretty much done - although you're doing it to hear some feedback. It's a smart move to know whose ears you want.
If you're all loaded up on love, you haven't got anywhere else to go.
In the studio you have pretty much carte blanche with whatever you're doing. You can turn natural instruments into electronic instruments.