Beck said he didn't believe in the theory of a song coming through you as if you were an open vessel. I agree with him to a certain extent.
I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song.
When I reach the point that I write Yesterday, then I can retire.
I've only been making records since 1991. When you look at the long-standing careers of people like Joni, it's not very long!
A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate.
Your art kind of changes as you get older, by nature of the fact that you're hopefully gaining wisdom and you're starting to watch things with a better overview.
You can't be in the public eye without making mistakes and having some regrets and having people analyze everything you do.
When you tune your guitar in a different way, it lends itself to a new way of looking at your songwriting.
There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world.
There's a lot of integrity with musicians; you really still aspire to grow, and be great, to be the best version of yourself you can be.
The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience.
The video forum for me has been a source of great consternation because once you start projecting a look to a song, it robs the listener of their ability to adopt that song and make the lyric their own.
The greatest hits in some weird way marks the end of something.
The beauty of having a producer is that you have someone who says, You're finished.
Music commands how we feel, dictates what we experience in our feelings.