People are really set in their ways in how they produce records, and I was at least open enough to where I knew I wanted to do something totally different.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I just don't think you can make records easily and have them be great. It's a process. You've got to get really lucky all the time, or you've got to work like mad.
My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.
To me, making records isn't work.
Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes.
I love the idea of making records that people can use, records that have a sense of utility.
Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.
They told me I should be making my own records. So I figured, 'why not?
It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
I make records with an open mind, I always have.