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

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

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

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

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

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

So I started chanting when I was nineteen, which was about twelve years ago, and it really had a huge impact on my outlook, happiness, and general creativity.