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It took a long while for me to even put out a record because there were so many options of how to do a song, and in some respects, I'm never totally happy with the outcome.

When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me.

I couldn't have recorded this record 15 years ago. My voice didn't have the depth to pull these songs off.

I don't spend much time listening to the records when they're done. Usually I let go of it. Especially in the Eighties and Nineties - they were like product, almost.

The records that I like, they have life and warmth and soul in them. Like the slap back on Scotty Moore's guitar on 'Mystery Train.' You're not gonna get that in a computer. You're gonna want a live room, you're gonna wanna bounce the tape, you're gonna want real musicians, in a room, vibin' off of each other.

There's always going to be life experiences that find their way into my songs.

My songs always sound a lot better in person than they do on the record.

'Unknown Pleasures' is a very important record for me. It was the first LP that I recorded.

Any band on their first couple records is just trying to keep up with their inspiration.

I am not immune to the lure of a signed record, flier or set list. The fact that your music heroes potentially had, in their own hands, the record you now have in yours is kind of cool. When the musician has departed, it can give the thing a unique power.