In America, their pre-production is really long but the production is much shorter. They decide everything from the beginning to the end. They edit and nobody can touch it, actually.
Some songs go super-quick; some take a really long time.
I felt for a really long time, "When I grow up I want to be an actor. " And now I'm like, "Oh, this is it now. This is my life. "
I just really longed to do music that reflected me as an adult and music that I thought was for other adults.
Lately I haven't been able to write for the guitar - it'll usually start out with a melody on the bass, and I'll layer vocals. I just can't really physically hear the guitar anymore, so I'll just go into GarageBand and play around with the keys. I'll sit on a melody or some lyrics for a really long time and just play with it.
I am such a bossy producer and such a control freak that there's a part of me that really longs to be bossed around.
I've lived in New York for a really long time.
