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

I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.

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

I think in a way I was probably completely naive about what it takes to make something become a hit

I also wanted to make a record that was about other things than romance, yeah, after two years on the road singing all the songs from the first album, I got kind of tired of that.

I'd have these weird experiences where I'd just be walking down the street with this chord progression in my head, this happened more than a few times, and I'd walk home and find a fax in my machine and it would match the music in my head

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