It may just be fanboy bias or something else, but every time any musician I like does one of these "Ted Talks" I find more reverence and appreciation for them. But then again, Brent Knopf is as creative and inventive a songwriter working today, so this point about wanting to "make mistakes" and having them be a key thing in how he writes songs, doesn't sound so surprising.
Also very cool way to hear "Melectric."