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" The actual making of a record is the most exciting part of this business. "

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" No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record. "

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" I'm so secluded, and I'm so private. "

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" I sequence during the entire recording process. The sequencing changes as I'm recording and as I'm listening. From when I'm, like, four songs in, I start trying to figure out which song should come after which. Which is important, and it changes as the album goes. "

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