When making a record, I could done a new face pretty easily and use all these different devices to hide who I am - or who I was - which really had very little to do with what I was trying to convey.

I still have a very nonintellectual, nonjudgmental relationship with melody and the music as I hear it all in my head.

I was been raised to believe I was an artist. I believed what my parents said and fulfilled it, like a prophecy.

It's just about pushing yourself to realms that are uncharted. I love to get to that place where I don't know what kind of music I'm doing, I don't know if it's any good, I don't know if it's anything. It's a big question mark. The idea is to have interesting results. That's my bottom line. Not just a creative fantasy world or something like that, but a mood too.

I get to live down my reputation for being cantankerous if I slowly evolve towards being a really good live show.

Everything comes with hard work. You never get to stop working. I don't see myself ever getting comfortable enough to not have to worry about working.

I tried to just do things like make some money, be responsible, help out other artists who I see have had a similar path.