Faster Times interview

I have learned so many things from music about writing. I think there are three important elements: rhythm, harmony, and free improvisation. I learned these things from music, not from literature. And when I started to write, I tried to write as though I were playing music.

Any instinct that I might have as a commercial animal is not even there at the beginning of a record. Perhaps it’s a part of the process for making records that have soul. I let everything unfold naturally, all ideas considered, even song choices. Never say no. As time travels, some song or some part of the record will raise its hand as the commerc

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