A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following

I started playing music at a pretty young age

But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment

So, once I've written a song, you know, I'm pretty happy with what the song is on its own terms.

I make the kind of music I like

Lately I've been a workaholic. I'm in the studio all the time and I've helped to produce a couple of artists

I mean, at the end of the day when I'm making a record, what I want to do is what I do