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

I started playing music at a pretty young age

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

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

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

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

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