One of my favorite things as an engineer is watching a band get comfortable in the studio and getting a great take. Like, they're playing the song, w….

I think, then, there's the sort of, like, political dimension to lyrics. One of the problems that I've had with my output as a lyric writer is that I….

I worry about financial security, and the older I get the more I worry about it..

I think I've always been extremely conscious of the kind of empowerment that comes from realizing that you're in a position to express yourself. And ….

I think Supernatural is the last WB show that's still on the air. It came from The WB and transitioned to The CW. I've been with The CW from the star….

You just realize that you have to be committed to this thing in this kind of world that we're in the more your support group dwindles and you start s….

There are a few artists that I'm really into. I mean, I'm a big Nick Cave fan. And there's a band from Australia called Big Heavy Stuff that's one of….

Who's got the most heartbreaking voice? I don't know. Tough question..

When I run across something that feels like a real eye-opener, it's gonna have an influence on me forever..

I'd been in a couple situations where I'd seen bands realize that they didn't have to get a good take in order to get something that sounded like a s….

I think there's been this long cycle of the big companies making a lot of money by underestimating people's intelligence and people are used to it no….

Tim [Omundson] is just so wonderfully delicious. He has the sexiest beard on television. He's such a fabulous actor, and a great character..

For most of the projects I've worked on, I've been entrusted with some degree of musical responsibility, even if it's just like coaching for vocals a….

To say someone is a producer... it's kind of a slippery term..

Another cultural thing that's really creepy. It's not like in the '60s, where there were definitely great high points of creativity where people were….

It's sort of a fine line where you're dying to express it and then hoping no one really gets it that closely. But I'm pretty much over that. I'd real….

I'm a terrible drummer. I can tune 'em pretty good, but I'm a pretty bad drummer..

Because as much as I love figuring out other people's puzzles, and love putting words together in ways that feel good to sing and sound good together….

I think politics and personal psychology and interrelationships - these things are interrelated to me and overlap..

I'm the kind of person that, as a listener, will go the extra mile to interpret something that's fairly meaningless, or that might be meaningless..

I'm no good at predicting what will endure with people. I only know what speaks to me..