There are only so many hours you can sit on the bus and watch TV or play basketball or whatever we do to pass the time before we go out onstage.

The title [of the album 'The Big Revival']alone fit what I was feeling. It defined what I was going through. That year off was a time to revive, to reset, to reclaim, to revitalize and to re-focus. It was a revival of how I made music, how I presented it and my connection with the fans.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'm a helluva kisser.

I need to recharge creatively, and get off the clock of having to be somewhere just because, and having to keep juggling all these things.

I can't believe that I get to stand on the stages I stand on every summer, and get to sing the songs that I sing.

My life can be insanely complicated sometimes, and there's a certain simplicity that I crave.

There's this emotion we all feel of being overwhelmed at times, feeling that you can't get ahead. For me it's self-imposed because I'm so driven and I'm always going from project to project.