On the last couple of movies I made - big-budget Hollywood movies - I really missed being able to create my own material.

Its just I fell into a bunch of movies that kind of fit in my life. It made sense to do them in the 80s. Folks who know me think its hilarious.

My own personal taste in films as a member of the audience was not completely in line with films I was doing.

About a year ago, out of the blue, I just wrote a bunch of songs.

And we had the perhaps unfair advantage of not having to worry about what an audience was gonna think. We were in a vacuum. We were making little short films, really.

What we see is what they're trying to sell us.

Well, whether it's on film or on TV, you don't want to throw too many curves at your audio and video guys.