My philosophy for producing a record is for everyone involved, including myself, to get out of the way of the song, and at the same time, listen to it as closely as you can, and listen to where the song wants to go.

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

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

When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.

The best live recordings capture elements of surprise onstage.

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 don't really watch TV series because I don't want to get hooked on them and have them suck up all my time.