I am stopping so I can be a full time father to my two young sons on a daily basis.

To be honest, producing records interests me less at the moment and I really don't want to get involved in album projects that are going to take up a lot of time

If it's the beginning of something - like an album, I'm working on the lyrics and I take a walkman and headset.

We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe.

Why did I like simpler songs? Just times change. This is one of the repeated things I hear: even though people will read different kinds of books, they don't read Lord of the Rings when they're 30 even though they did at 15.

I just figured if I'm going to call myself a songwriter throughout my life, then writing for most genres of music is something I should at least attempt.

Put your faith in what you most believe in.