In the studio, I have worked in silence since the earliest days of my career.

Over the years I have many times been asked how I am able to get so much done. Of course, they’re asking for The Trick, and there really isn’t one. Usually I ask what sort of distractions they have in their workspace. Invariably it’s a TV or some kind of music. I tell them to turn those off.

This usually leads to protests. “I couldn’t work without any outside stimulation!!”

(One did try it, tho, and a few weeks later called to report he had doubled his output!)