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

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 did a song, "Court and Spark," for a Joni Mitchell tribute album that's yet to see the light of day. So she's someone I'd like to do something with, sure. I worked with the great guitar player Bill Frisell on Phantom Moon - that was fun. I'm such a fan; he's amazing.

I started playing music at a pretty young age

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

I'm fortunate I have this coterie of musicians around me to help take music to next level. Being surrounded by so much creative energy, so many creative people really feeds that creativity in me

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.