The cop looks annoyed, like we're giving him a headache. I want to explain everything to him that its really not as screwed up as it all sounds, but then I remember that it is.

If someone hasn't bothered to reply back... Why do you keep bothering?

People might get annoyed with the ads.

That was the sound I was looking for, and he's the one who can deliver it. He's been cutting sides on people since he was 16 years old. ... That Dan Penn! His (1994 solo album) 'Do Right Man' has been in my rotation for 10 years. It never left rotation. It was always on the road with me.

His approach was that we didn't play any of the songs for the band members until they got to the studio. Weeks before that, I went over to Dan's and played songs for him. We talked about which ones he liked, which ones we thought worked for this record. ... He was not the kind of producer who says, 'I need you to do that.' He's the kind of producer who puts his trust in the musicians.

The cop looks annoyed, like we're giving him a headache. I want to explain everything to him that its really not as screwed up as it all sounds, but then I remember that it is.