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I've been around for such a long time. My first hit record was over 20 years ago and the people who bought my records then are married now and they probably still play these records and their children like them.

I have a feeling a lot of the records I grew up listening to and the records I still like, as hard as musicians worked making them, I feel like they were really enjoying what they were going through. They weren't just going through the process. You can tell that with certain things that you listen to.

All of my records have been very personal, just writing more and more songs, you get better at being able to say what you feel.

I guess I've been making records since I was 16, and even when 50 people bought them, I thought that was amazing.

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.

Sometimes you make a record that is what you want to hear. I've made a couple of those, idealized creations of what I wanted to hear. Then there are records that are what you feel.

All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.

I make records with an open mind, I always have.