I figured out early on what I wanted to do.

I love loud music. I listen loud, and that's part of how I've learned how to do this. Record softly and play back loud and a whole other thing happens.

We live in an age lit by lightnin'; after the flash, we're blind again.

For centuries, everything was taught through music. History was taught through music; language and mathematics were taught through music.

If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.

Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time.

At different times in my life I met God from a different point of view.