I'm sort of socially inept, so music is my way to connect to people. It's a means of socializing and having a life. Otherwise I wouldn't bother. I would just make home recordings and play them for myself. And that's not really healthy.

I like that band Get Hustle. They're cool live. I haven't heard their records, though.

I don't really know where the songs are coming from often. Many of the best things I made up were just off the top of my head.

I just imagine that every song in and of itself is great, but when you add them all up, it's too much of me maybe.

The earlier stuff is more like "this is happening to me," but now there are more songs that are accusatory or something, or more declaratory. I don't know where that voice comes from, like, "I've been down the road, we've been there and done that." That's sort of like a tougher style, or a less vulnerable style.

Family is the best. I can honestly say, it's a gift that is beyond making art. I didn't know that when I got into it.

I know the world doesn't need maybe another of [a particular type of song] - the same thing again - but you can't help yourself. And some people like it, but you kind of know in your heart that it's a lesser version of what you've done before. But maybe it has a good tempo, or it feels fresh, but it's still not.