You can put out an album and it could be totally out of the window as far as what you want to do performance-wise.
I have some intellectual-type pursuits, like studying philosophy and stuff like that.
I just like any music to swing, no matter what it is.
Jackie Wilson said it was Reet-Petite, kind of love you got knock me off my feet.
When you start to analyze [rock 'n' roll], it's only because you don't understand it. You're just not connecting with it once you have to start analyzing it.
When you perform live, it's a different trip - it's different energy. I just felt a conflict between both of the trips. I was trying to evaluate what it meant for me to be a singer/songwriter and what that whole thing all meant.