Despite a lot of people thinking that everything gets more and more difficult, I always assumed that people are going to be "Oh, at last you buckled, you're trying to be commercial."

I realize Im an ambitious guy, but I just try to take things as they come, you know, for the most part.

Your reputation is what influences people to think, feel and talk about you the way they do.

There's not much room for deviation, yet if you manage to crack it, there then you can express things that actually do sound unique and genuinely original.

You can't go back and edit during the live set in the club. In the studio it's different.

It seems like people need to get into the last album until they can tolerate the next one. And then, slowly but surely, by the time the new one's available, they've gotten into the last one and they really love it.

It's very hard to predict what people are thinking.