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

Ultimately, if I'm really moved by something, it's going to go on the record and that's that

I'm a pretty big P.J. Harvey record fan and you can really hear New York in his record

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

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

But really important, perhaps most important is the craft; how you make your record, the creation of these sonic worlds you want your listener to hear.

For my second record I had gotten ProTools and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording.