As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.

As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.

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

When I'm not completely loaded, it's a much more vulnerable place. I can feel the music, I can feel the energy and I really have to put it out there. When I was loaded, I was just oblivious.

But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself.

You are only as big as your experiences.

I'm not sober. I haven't done drugs in 3 1/2 years, so I call myself clean.