Most producers get into it because they were just never handsome or charismatic or talented enough to be the star.

When you're No. 1 or No. 300, you still get to play and write the songs.

Drums were my first instrument, my first love. I need rhythm, something that moves.

I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for Rolling Stone for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I don't like is cruelty for cruelty's sake. You don't have to be a jerk to say something negative. You can say something in the negative sense and have class.

American Suiteheart I must confess Im in love with my own sins

I love playing our older songs along with newer ones but If all I have is my old stuff, I quit. Creating is more rewarding.

Why do we make records? Because we want to say something. Why are you in art? Because you want to say something. The second you don't have anything to say, you stop making art - you might start making product. And I'm interested in being an artist.