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

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 started playing music at a pretty young age

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

If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record

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

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