You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
I really just tried to make a record full of great songs, which is the goal I always have.
I just want to write another record that's as good or better than the one I've already made. That's my main goal, to follow up stronger than before.
I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record.
It's not my style to be thinking about what a record is while I'm making it: I just write songs.
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.
You have to focus hard on recording songs that you believe in.
All I want to do is sing on other people's records.
Every record, you've got more experiences to draw on as a writer and a musician.