I've been getting plenty off my chest. Sometimes I get too much off my chest and I regret it.

We always did our own mixing.

I think the focus of the media changes. At the moment the more electronic stuff like trip-hop was the flavor of the month, just a little while ago. It all depends on the angle, from which point of view you see it.

The best I do, if I'm just playing around and riffing in a fantasy world, and then I'll write something down. Hopefully I write it down.

I did some writing. I was just taking the kids to school. I did a couple things and we did some tours. It was a lot of downtime.

George Oppen wasn't a larger than life personality, but I'm not either. And he lived a long time, so he was happy. Going down in flames is fine, too.

Family is the best. I can honestly say, it's a gift that is beyond making art. I didn't know that when I got into it.