It's a battle between record company, between producer and between mastering engineer. Because the louder you make your record in a digital process, the more dynamics are squished out of it. Nobody knows exactly what happens, but the dynamics in the performance disappear, and everything is at the same volume.

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.

With the help of modern technology, I can compose intricate keyboard parts and then I have to go back and learn them in order to perform them properly.

I love to write. It's my first love.

I worry about my voice 24/7 when I'm on tour. It's like a pitcher and his arm. It's constantly the thing that my whole life revolves around.

I liked the fact that I was forced to get inside of my emotions and to really try to figure out a lot of what I was going through.

For me, there is a lot of room for improvement and there are a lot of things I would like to be better at.