I produce the records. I don't hand over control to some really expensive producer who then talks to the record company and then tries to bend me to their will - for commercial purposes.

When you value your crew, they look after you.

Standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and I'm quite sure I'm in the wrong song.

You don't leave people who can't defend themselves.

Sometimes I breathe you in and I know you know.

I know that mess spelled backwards is ssem and I felt much better armed with that information.

People can be quite bullish with their opinions. That does not mean they have their finger on the pulse. It just means they value their own opinion.