As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations.

The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.

I kind of like the way that I came up as an artist. I like experimenting.

I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.

I want to have a career that evolves as I go on.

I don't really do that whole 'single life' thing. I'm kind of heads down and get things done.

In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.