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I'm More Critical Of My Songwriting Than Anybody, But I've Worked Really Hard In The Last Five To 10 Years To Improve.

Most Of My Early Records Were Not Cohesive At All, Just Collections Of Demos Recorded In Different Years. 'odelay' Was The First Time I Actually Got To Go In The Studio And Record A Piece Of Music In A Continuous Linear Fashion, Although That Was Written Over A Year.

The Only Way I Was Allowed To Play Was By Convincing Bands To Let Me Do A Few Songs While They Set Up. That Went On For Years.

You Can't Write If You Can't Relate.

Maybe Certain Aspects Of What I Was Doing Were Reacting Against What Was Happening Or What People Said, Too. That's Something That Happens When You're Starting Out. After Some Time Goes By And You Get A Little Perspective, You Realize That You Don't Need To React. You Can Just Carry On With What You're Doing. That Took Me A Long Time Figure Out; I've Only Gotten To That Point In The Last Five Or 10 Years.