I'm rarely grabbed by anything the way I was when I was 10 years younger. About the only relatively new artists whose albums I own are Beck, and They Might Be Giants.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm not the best singer in the world, but the albums have always been personal. They're stories about me and what I'm going through.
I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record.
Albums take a lot out of you.
In the past, I've been a bit diffident about my own albums, almost excusing them for some reason, even though deep down I felt strongly about them.
My favorite artists are the ones that I can take their eight or ten albums, and I can see the arc of their life.
I've just tried for all of these years to find the best records, the best songs that I could find that fit me, and I've had great people to work with all these years.
Right now, I've never been more impressed by the new bands that we meet. I may be 10, 20 years older, but we're all on the same page about culture, music and life.
One day when I was like 9, I heard the Beatles on the radio, and I asked my dad who they were. He told me they were the best band in the world, and I became obsessed. He started giving me their albums in sequential order, and I listened to them - and only them - until I was probably in high school.
The biggest difference between me and other artists out there is that they'll put anything out to sell a record or sell a ticket.
I have a lot of albums yet to do.
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