I think it has so much to do with the instruments and the actual choice of gear. We didn’t really use plug-ins for anything. We used the actual instrument that was actually used on those records in the 70s. We were heavily inspired by so many different albums. We put them all in playlists and would just listen to that world and try to make it make... See more

It’s always the moment before you know what your record is that’s the most stressful part. I was sort of still off-cycle, but it’s still very stressful to have no sense of inspiration when you’re so tired and dead from everything. Once it actually started, that’s when I felt like I was on break. I was actually enjoying the long process of Charm ,... See more

When I’m on tour and things are really crazy, it’s good to [keep] trying to find new sources of inspiration, staying curious, and trying not to feel like this is the only thing that defines you. I have the most fun when I’m in the thick of a new thing. You just have to keep the ball rolling. I never like to assume that the thing I’m doing now is... See more

All of them have a great sense of humor, funny attitude, and don’t mind taking a long time. They’ve all become legends in their own right because of their own paths, so I think that’s really attractive.

I never really like to stay the same, anyway. I’m expecting my next thing to be very different, or go somewhere else. I think it’s nice to not be afraid of that. What Rostam and I made, or what Jack and I made, or what Leon and I made, can’t be replicated because it was so time and place. Even if I were to work with all of them again, it’s never... See more

It was nice to take a break. It was nice to take my time. I think I have a new form of confidence from spending time by myself and with the house. Pouring a lot of my energy into real-life things, it became easier to see what I wanted. When you eliminate all these different distractions, move somewhere remote

It took a long time for me to kind of settle into something. Everyone goes through phases and has parts of their life where they were into certain things. I do think that there’s something on every album that still represents the current me. I don’t have any sort of regrets or look at my records as phases of my life because it really was 100% what... See more

Of course. It was the biggest, wildest feeling ever. But when you’re not in the throes of things, I wake up, I make breakfast, and it’s just the same. Maybe it’s about not having too much attachment. Maybe that’s what I’m trying to get at: acknowledging something that happened, being gracious and accepting it, but maybe not getting so attached to... See more

To me, it’s better to have a process where you’ve been working on it for so long, to where people’s opinions are so far away that you just end up writing what you want. You forget that people are going to hear it because it’s been so long.