You sit there waiting for the RED LIGHT to go on. You could be sitting there for five minutes, waiting, while the producer talks to the engineer. Then the light goes on you know that you mustn't make a mistake for at least 4 minutes.
I used to get nervous so I took up Yoga to help me calm down.
It is hard for 2 creative people to work together for that length of time and not fall out.
Just recently I worked with Van Morrison and I came to realize that money can't make a decent human being out of you.
It was the early days of Rock 'n' Roll in this country. We were all struggling to learn music, it might be Country, Jazz, Classical, Blues or even Rock 'n' Roll.
I like to work with artists who are as wide in their musical taste as I am.