Is the duet approach the best way to flesh out love songs?
Yeah, certainly. We’ve both lived a bit and seen the world. Maybe there’s room for something that deals with life at this stage. Obviously, the scene for these songs is much more youth oriented — young love songs in a way. But maybe there’s some space left for something else here and there. Why Emmylou? Do you remember the first time you heard her voice? Oh, yeah, it would be her first album. At one point, I did have a record collection of sorts. I was a fan of Emmy’s from the very beginning. Surprisingly enough, she’s never done a duets album with a bloke since the very, very early days. Because she’d done so many duets I thought she had, but that wasn’t the case. [laughs] Were you a bit nervous to duet with someone who’s sung with Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Willie Nelson just to name a few? Yeah, I was! [laughs] I suppose it was a bit daunting at first, but I’m too ignorant. Ignorance is definitely a kind of bliss. I knew that it would be its own thing and could be lik
