Q: Hey! I'm a huge fan, and I know you have a bunch of fans, but still. I was gonna ask how you make your songs. I'm writing a book, which isn't the same thing as a song, but I wanna learn from the master himself.
A: it's all about the run through. pretty much the only time you will ever know what the piece really can do, is when it is experienced in real time from the beginning, preferably after not having heard/seen it recently. i realize this creates time a time/scheduling paradox, but that is the nature of the business