There are certain records from the 80s and early 90s that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go to them as an example of great produ….

There are certain records that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go to them as an example of great production..

I've been practicing for years, trying to figure out how to record an entire band live..

Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead.

You just want to go back to those 70s albums. Even a lot of the 90s indie records were still done on tape, and you hear the difference..

My whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche...it's one of the reasons a lot of my generation are always on the fence about things. They're af….

When I did "Top of the Pops" for the first time, Ace of Base was one of the other bands, and I have a memory of them on a small stage next to me in t….

As music becomes more computer-based, it's lost some emotional impact..

I did that Grammys thing - I did a little freeform poem..

I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose..

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way..

I remember you would record a guitar part, and we would have to sit there for 15 or 20 minutes waiting for the computer to process it. You'd see the ….

There are a lot of technical studio things I've learned or figured out, and I feel like I could use those things to help other people with what they'….

There's an infinite amount of possibilities and detours and things that can distract you from actually just performing the song and having whatever e….

I've done so many albums where I've been in the studio for 14 hours a day for six months just trying to come up with things on my own. It's a nice ch….

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist..

I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction..

There's a different physiology happening between the sound waves and the body that doesn't happen with music playing off the computer. About five yea….

I didn't even have a computer until like 10 years ago. I was still using a typewriter until 2002..

I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out..

I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve..