I've always done things myself. I've never bragged or screamed that I produced a record before. I never told anybody.

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.

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

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

I am human and I make mistakes.

I got told so many times I needed a manager. For a long time I resisted, and I finally got one so I can pay my mortgage, and it helped me from becoming a homeless person.

I don't come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices are made on my own.