There Are Certain Records That

You Have To Shelve A Lot Of Your Inspiration. There's Only So Much You Can Do With One Record.

It's So Easy To Criticize Your Own Time, And I See That As A Problem, Even For Myself, As A Listener.

It Was Disturbing To Me That An Idea Or A Song Could Become Something So Different From What You Originally Intended. It's Like If A Friend Took A Stupid Picture Of You At A Party On Their Phone, And The Next Thing You Knew, It Was On Every Billboard.

I Didn't Want To Be On A Major Label. I Wanted All The Attention And The Noise To Go Away Because I Wanted To Be Something A Little Bit More Substantial.

In Japan, You Get On The Bullet Train Or The Airplane, And I Loved The Little Speeches The Stewardesses Would Do. They Even Do Little Speeches Before You Play Gigs.