I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.

I believe in working with songs that have personal value for me.

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 learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.

It was endlessly amusing to me to try to imitate John Lennon and Paul McCartney's harmonies using the guitar.

When I was about 15, I picked up the guitar and learned how to play by going through Beatles chords books. I got this Christmas gift with the entire Beatles catalog.

I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make explicit what exactly a song or record is about.