Try to take your vision and ego as far away from the song as possible. Give as much respect as you can to the song and the initial inspiration.

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

In order to make a normal-sized record, a singer songwriter should have a couple dozen finished songs. Once they go through the process of production, the ones that scream out at you that they're finished are the ones that make the record.

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.

I'm somebody who doesn't feel the need to be in the driver's seat all the time. I appreciate the perspective of being in the passenger's seat sometimes, and I feel fortunate for that because I've learned a lot from that perspective.

From a very early age, I started to get really interested in how songs were put to tape. Not just listening to the songs, but the way the songs were recorded.

I get annoyed with movies or books, songs or records that deliberately try to make you feel a certain way.