I have complete freedom, and there's no way to get pigeonholed or bored. What could be better than that? |
I love when people get songs wrong. I love when people take something from a song that's totally not what I intended! |
I really didn't have any plans to record prior to doing My Own Best Enemy. |
I think I do better when things are a little tougher. |
I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity. |
I understand that, but this disc shows the type of music that I've always liked and wanted to make. |
I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but I've certainly had periods of profound sadness, depression and heartache and those are the kind of things that are interesting to me to write about. |
I'm more proud of these lyrics than I've been with any other album, but they can be a little uncomfortable for me to listen to. |
I'm now so keenly aware that I have everything to prove and nothing to lose. |
I've never written a song that I thought was a hit. |
I've never, ever in my life enjoyed playing live the way I am now. |
In the past, there has always been so much pressure about carrying a show and promoting a record. |
It never ceases to amaze me that I get to do this for a living. |
It's funny; Luther and I have written many songs together, but we've never written songs in the same room. |
My joke, which isn't really a joke, is that there will be one of two tours: the tour for the album that does well, or the tour for the album that stiffs. |