As A Producer, I'm An

Maybe People Would Be Surprised To Know That I Listen To Old Neil Diamond Albums From Time To Time. The Man Rocks. I Defy Anyone To Prove Me Wrong.

Every One Of Those Old Songs Like "what's My Age Again?" And "all The Small Things" Is Like A Tattoo Or A Scrapbook Or An Old Photograph. There Are Just Songs That Define Certain Moments In Your Life. Everyone Has A Song That Got Them Through A Bad Breakup Or They Put On And It Made Them Feel Like They Wanted To Go Out And Kick The World's Ass With Their Friends On A Weekend. Those Songs Still Feel Like That To Me.

I Firmly Believe Artists Should Be Paid For What They Create.

I Kinda Like The Duality Of California And The Dark Side, The Underbelly Of California.

I Don't Think Any Of Us Felt Like, "oh, We Need To Put Joke Songs On The Record." If We Found Something Funny, We Would Record It, And If We Wanted To, We'd Put It On The Record. It's Not Really Something We Spent Too Much Time Agonizing Over.