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I've Just Recently Started Doing The Promo Bits For The New Album, And The Funny Thing Is That The People Who Come To Talk To Me About These Things Seem To Be Getting Younger. It's Like The People Who Like The Music Are All Young Kids And They're On Top Of You - They Know All About What You're Doing, And They're Excited And Animated About It. So It's A Lot Of Fun.

There Are A Few People That I Always Say, "hey, What Do You Think Of This?" The Minute That You Know That You Want This Particular Person To Hear It, You Know That You're Pretty Much Done - Although You're Doing It To Hear Some Feedback. It's A Smart Move To Know Whose Ears You Want.

I Write In The Studio, I Don't Sit Around With A Piano Or A Guitar And Write Songs. I Get Satisfaction Out Of That Because I Can Finish The Song Really Quickly. I Can Use Whatever Momentum I Have. I've Got To Put It Down, Develop It, And Get It As Far [as I Can], Because The Excitement Of The Moment Of When You Get That Idea - You Want To Try And Hold It And Build On It And Really Gain Strength From It. Being In The Studio And Writing Songs Like That Is Really The Best Way.

In Cities Like New York And Austin, There's Much More Of A Social Context For Music Than In Other Places.

In The Studio You Have Pretty Much Carte Blanche With Whatever You're Doing. You Can Turn Natural Instruments Into Electronic Instruments.