The main thing that excites me and makes me want to get out of bed is the thought of being able to go into my studio to work on music.

My goal is to make one-not a hodgepodge, but just the sort of record that I would want to listen to.

Never have public feuds with anyone who's surrounded by people who carry guns.

When I do have time to work on music, I'm kind of selfish, and would rather work on my own stuff than someone else's.

I can't think of any musician or producer who has influenced me more than Brian Eno. From when he was in Roxy Music, producing Devo, the Talking Heads and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.

One of the problems with being relatively conscious and human, is that you want to help everybody.

I have actually found myself buying up more and more old analogue gear. I have this strange obsession with old drum machines.