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As far as arrangements after the basic track is cut, if I'm writing a horn arrangement or playing strings, I might arrange that, plan that out. Other times, I'll just sit and roll tape.

I aim my arrangements at what will fit and colorfully frame the song in the best way possible.

Arranging is the way I put my stamp on my music as much as my guitar playing.

I just let the emotion dictate what the arrangement is.

You know, if I wrote the arrangements two years from now, they would probably be a lot slicker.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

I was built this way for a reason, so I'm going to use it.

I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.

I'm not an interior decorator; I'm a designer, and that includes the architecture. The package must be strong and controlled, the rooms aligned, and the windows positioned to make sense with the furniture. Fluff it up, and you've got big trouble.

I don't get ideas, I have them. The trick is to remember where I've put them.