The first four and a half years was me in the studio every day, writing songs for other people. I had jobs, too - eleven jobs. I worked at Kinko's, Fatburger, Subway - I was a sandwich artist - and I was a claims processor at Allstate Insurance.

I enjoy singing my songs in front of people. I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that.

A friend of mine jokes that I have a painstaking royalty complex. Like maybe I was a duke in a past life.

As a man I am not a killer. I’m an artist and a modern person. I’ll choose sanity.

I'm about being the best.

The idea of recognizing your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me.

The work is the work. The work is not me. I like the anonymity that directors can have about their films. Even though it's my voice, I'm a storyteller.