It's not a very sane thing to try to be great all the time. You want to make something magical; you want to make something wonderful; you want to give to everybody; you want to heal people; you want to still be inspired. That's not easy.

I had to do this album. I tried thinking, "I'm not going to do it." But then I'm sitting there getting all suicidal and depressed, and I just start writing. It's like this inner drive. If I could choose, I would probably be living in the countryside and be fine with that, but I'm not.

I was inspired by [Michelangelo] Antonioni's Red Desert - very big and moody.

I felt such a deep connection with dolphins. I felt like they were the only ones who understood me.

Do you have to have emotional turmoil to create music? I'm not sure because I've never been without it

I dove into the craziness and did things that maybe I would think twice about when I get older.

I want to get my music out there. I enjoy playing shows; I just don't enjoy airports. I want to be more creative, but it's hard to get into that zone on tour.