There's been this perception that Europeans still hold on to, that they discover the real talented ones in American culture and give them proper credit and that's not true anymore - it used to be. A lot of jazz musicians would get respect in Europe.

I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.

The way I work, I'm not a confessional singer-songwriter.

I'm just trying to get my body in shape so that I can handle it. It's a very physically demanding thing. I've been doing it for 16 years, so I know what I'm going into now. I'm trying to stay calm and not panic.

I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.

Pretty much any given day, barring some major distraction, I get melodies coming to me. Lyrics don't come quite as easily. So I've been inventing little projects and challenges to sort of kick my ass with the lyrics.

With digital sound just becomes simply information, not the sum of its parts.