Really the only thing holding a lot of records together is the personality of the singer, and the will to write all of these different things.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
On the other hand when you are someone who records their own songs you are basically stuck writing for one voice and for one style that can stifle you a bit. It's a real trade off.
I hadn't been a recording artist all that long when albums came on the scene, and I was one of the first singers to point the way to how varied an album's contents could be.
Some amazing records have this power to leave you with inspiration; you're left with the urge to write something. And some records are totally overwhelming, because they are so good, they burn the bridges behind them.
I don't like the idea of a singer-songwriter record. I don't picture myself that way, and it's not my favorite sort of look, I guess. It's really just an aesthetic thing.
Our albums just tend to be collections of songs really, because we all write in the group, all four of us.
I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record.
Every record, you've got more experiences to draw on as a writer and a musician.
Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.
I think that it can be said of a lot of artists, and myself included, that we made the same record over and over from the beginning.
All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.