I was very conceptual about what I was doing; I had the first five albums planned out, and all the songs on every album, and the artwork. I always had these ambitious musical projects in mind.

I have noticed that these days, people don't want to take their time to succeed.

When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.

I was very conceptual about what I was doing; I had the first five albums planned out, and all the songs on every album, and the artwork. I always had these ambitious musical projects in mind.

I decided to create a really good laptop recording situation and to learn how to write that way, rather than have the perfect stuff around.

I try to not be self-conscious in my writing process.

World music evokes a feeling. You don't have to think about the scene that it comes from.