There's at least one fist bump every interview.

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

As a producer, I like to bring in unexpected voices, unexpected musicians, like Watt and Joey Spampinato of NRBQ.

It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?

I get most of my inspiration from older records and older production styles, and that ends up rearing its head in the records that I make.

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.

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.