We made records to document ourselves, not to sell a lot of records. I still feel that way. I put out a record because I think it's beautiful, not necessarily commercial.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The record business has always mystified me. Sometimes there are reasons why things sell or don't sell that can't be understood by mere mortals.
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.
I don't really sell many records.
I'm very proud of my records, but my most natural creative tendencies have been in live performing. There's a beautiful element to recording and making records, but I've always felt a little shy with it.
If I could sell 500 million records every time, it would be great. But I've also had the luxury experience of having it when I was a teenager, in a very kind of model version of it.
My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
People assume I sell a lot more records than I actually do. I really don't sell any.
My real life helped me sell a lot of records.
That's my favorite subject because it really levels the playing field for artists these days. You don't have to sell out to the record company. You don't have to get a five hundred thousand dollars, or whatever, and pay them back for the rest of your life to record a record.
I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.