Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how many units I sell.

If I could sell 500 million records every time, it would be great. But I've also had the luxury experience of having it when I was a teenager, in a very kind of model version of it.

And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning.

The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.

The ego is a fascinating monster.

Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality.

Writing a song doesn't heal things. Even if the song comes up with a solution, it's still only a theory. Going out and living my lyrics is a whole other deal. That takes courage.