Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer.
What's nice about being a producer is you get to roll the dice more often, and you get to be involved with lots of different kinds of music.
Brian Eno taught us how to use the Recording Studio as an instrument.
Most bands have a sound that they're already identified with, so for the producer it becomes a process of helping them find their muse in the studio to make a record that will not only satisfy them artistically, but will also do something in the marketplace.
For a young band about to make a record, make sure you get the vocals right.
I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years.
My other advice is to start writing songs and singing right away.
I held my crotch, closed my eyes and repeated my secret catechism.
I hear a lot of talk today about xenophobia. Is it really phobia if you have something to be afraid of?
I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
Without seeking, truth cannot be known at all. It can neither be declared from pulpits, nor set down in articles, nor in any wise prepared and sold in packages ready for use. Truth must be ground for every man by itself out of it such, with such help as he can get, indeed, but not without stern labor of his own.