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

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 mean, at the end of the day when I'm making a record, what I want to do is what I do

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.

I'd have these weird experiences where I'd just be walking down the street with this chord progression in my head, this happened more than a few times, and I'd walk home and find a fax in my machine and it would match the music in my head

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 feel fortunate about being able to make the music I want to make and getting away with it