I aim to write songs in a way that you don't have to have gone to Ghana to relate to it, you really just have to have a heart.

I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection of Cat Stevens albums while my mom was listening to jazz.

It’s strange how dreams get under your skin and give your heart a test for what’s real and what’s imaginary.

The studio and road both have their charms. The studio allows me to be a mad scientist and the tour lets me feel like James Bond.

I think there’s no greater joy than completing a song out of thin air. It’s like inventing something, but it’s invisible, you know? It’s weird. It amazes me. You can send it out in the world, and that’s the joy. It’s like giving birth to all these songs and letting them go like they’re your kids.

Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense.

I get tired of the same albums, the same look and singing the same songs. When I get bored I paint, I plant trees and just do something different. I get far away from singing.