I sang in choir as a kid.

Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush.

When you're really looking forward to something, you don't feel the sense of pressure.

To be appreciated by a whole 'nother generation of fans, all of a sudden discovering you, it's kind of what I did with the classic bands I love - the ones that influenced me.

It's better to not set your expectations high. And that's what happens when you have a long career - not every album is going to be record setting.

I've changed the way I look at things. When I put out a record or single I don't allow myself to set up expectations like, "This song must be a number one hit. Its got to sell X amount of records." I have fallen into that trap before.

It seems like everyone's got an agenda, and the agenda seems to be selling magazines or air time with sensational stories.