I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.

When people ask me if I have a hobby, a lot of times my answer is that I like to surf in warm water. I like to ski, if I have the opportunity. But really, I like to go to my studio and write music that I want to write, where there's no pressure to come up with a hit single.

You are only as big as your experiences.

It's a beautiful thing to be that committed to something that you get so much joy from, but it is like a sick addiction, because sometimes it's incredibly volatile, incredibly painful, and very frustrating. A man shouldn't be defined by his work, but I am.

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

I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.

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.