And frankly, when I made that record, hit songs were not what I was trying to achieve.

I actually am always a music first person

Things come to me pretty regularly. There is never a shortage or a backlog

I make the kind of music I like

I certainly wouldn't say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I've felt like that

My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a certain way, I was a 27 year old kid with a guitar

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