Some of my influences are black gospel artists so I definitely want to do a soul-gospel type thing.

I have an awesome church home and an awesome Pastor down in L.A., and I couldn't be happier.

My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He took me out to see them play when I was 12 years old and I was really inspired by their guitar player, Ted Larsen.

You know, being able to, in my mind, have a song that you know doesn't really have any loose ends or you know, extra fat in it, so to speak.

I've been in fortunate position of never really having to battle with my record company to do the things I wanted to do in the studio.

But I needed to prove to everyone that I was a serious musician.

During a big rock show, you can flub a few things and nobody will hear it, because it gets buried under everything else.