It feels humiliating to be in a band where you have to be apologizing for one person all the time.

Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. Name one time in your life that wasn't punctuated by the music you listened to at the time. When people are down, they listen to music that commiserates that emotion. When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs.

As a producer, I'm an objective observer, helping a band form their ideas into a cohesive album. It's a step back from the intimacy of creation.

Ideas are really what interest me in producing a band, if I can bring something productive to the project.

No matter what, I think people are trying to better themselves, or to better their situation, or to find something new and exciting.

I did mostly good things, except light things on fire.

The Beatles never get old.