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

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

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.

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'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

So, once I've written a song, you know, I'm pretty happy with what the song is on its own terms.

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