I'm not a professional entertainer. I'm not Neil Diamond.

I still haven't been able to capture the joy of what it's like when I sing - you know, when I'm by myself, or like when I was a little kid.

Hip-hop and R&B is mostly what I listen to. I don't have a connection with punk rock - I just never had that experience.

We're always going to remind ourselves of our mistakes and how we do things differently, trying to be a better person or whatever.

People tend to think I'm insane, and I'm really tired of it.

After my second-to-last record called "The Greatest," I had gone on tour for a while and I didn't play an instrument for about five years. And I got kind of - it's not self-esteem or whatever, not anger towards myself - but disappointed in myself that I hadn't been challenging myself to learn musically.

For me, the moment the mic is on and it's rolling, it's impossible to vocally relax for some reason. But one day, I'm going to be able to sing the way I sang when I was a little kid, completely open and free. That's, I think, the one thing that's changed: Growing older, I'm not ashamed to hear my voice.