Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are records that, in my opinion, only reach their full potential when the listener is disoriented.
When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.
I really don't think records should be made in the manner where you sit and write, and when you're finished writing, you start recording. That just seems conventional and old-fashioned to me.
I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day.
I'm a lazy guy. I can't focus for too long. I'd rather hear a record that has no filler.
Little things can make such a big difference during recording.
When I make records, I never listen to stuff after it's done. Ever.
When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record.
When you make a record, you listen to it literally hundreds of times. When it's done and you can't do anything else, I never listen to my records.
When I write a record, I don't even touch a computer. I don't even bring my cell phone.