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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.
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.
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.
It's not my style to be thinking about what a record is while I'm making it: I just write songs.
It's a weird thing when you make records. You try to hear it before you make it, so you walk into the studio with this idea of what you expect to happen, and that usually changes. That usually turns into something else, and that's a good thing.
I've actually always wanted to make something like an acoustic record.
You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.
I make records with an open mind, I always have.