The Indianapolis Star caught up with PG for a short Q&A session today. Although short, it confirms that Brian Eno is covering “Don’t Break This Rhythm”. Let’s hope the rest of the artists are familiar enough with PG’s catalog to make such inspired choices!

Question: Talk about your new album.

Answer: I began as a songwriter a long, long time ago, and I’ve always wanted to do an album of other people’s songs, but I thought that a regular covers album might be a bit boring. It might be a lot more fun to do a song swap, so you do one of my songs, and I do one of yours.

Q: What made you decide to forgo drums and guitar on “Scratch My Back”?

A: I thought if you’re going to try something different, then go all the way. I’ve always worked better when you make rules. The worst thing you can say to an artist is “you have freedom to do anything,” or you say it to yourself.

Q: What types of songs were you looking for on this album?

A: Songs that I could fit into and felt meaningful to me. Sadly, David Bowie is the only artist who said he clearly didn’t want to play with the song swap. I don’t think he’s doing much music at the moment. But Brian Eno was a co-writer on (“Heroes”), so it gets around that problem, and he’s going to do a version of this song, “Don’t Break This Rhythm.”

Q: Of all the artists covered on this record, do you agree that Radiohead seems to be the one that shares your kindred spirit?

A: I love Radiohead, from the onset, pretty much. . . . Besides writing great songs with wonderful sounds, they are always unafraid to push themselves as arrangers and musicians and writers, and I love that about them.

You can read the full article at IndyStar.com.