The South of France is one of my favorite places in the world.

The production process has a great way of bringing songs to light and that's a big part of it.

I've worked with just as many talented women as I have talented men, and I feel fortunate enough to have that great balance.

I don't like the way recording to digital sounds. Most of the time when I'm recording to 2-inch tape, I still have a romantic vision of how songs sounded coming out of the radio when I was younger, and how they sounded coming out of my little four-track cassette player.

Even though someone has died, a piece of their spirit can still be alive. That's an exciting world for me to take music into, or to attempt to do that.

The South of France is one of my favorite places in the world.

Certain things you have to stumble on to. They can't be preprogrammed.