Depth on different levels is so important to me. You look at a band like The Beatles, all their material has so much depth to it. And I want people to be able to run away with my melodies and get lost in them and take the lyrics and be able to relate to them.

Music continues to remind me that its boundaries are limitless.

I'd rather have people really be able to step back and get their money's worth and look at me as a true artist than somebody who is just regurgitating other material.

Performing on stage is what I've done since I was a kid and it's where the passion that has started from the very beginning for me, and that's what I'm going to enjoy.

The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.

I'm going for something very raw and organic.

Music is not just a part of my everday life, I'm surrounded by it every minute.