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I'm trying everything I can not to be jaded 'cause I don't like jaded musicians.

As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place. Music keeps the heart porous in many ways.

It's dangerous to buy into praise and criticism for what you do when you're trying to present your music to people. I don't ignore it completely, but I don't dwell on it too much.

One doesn't want to feel too contented; you have to feel challenged by the music.

I think, in music, you're always hoping that you'll have a like-minded audience and that the music you like making will appeal to them, too.

When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.

But what you realise after you've been in the business for a while is that people develop opinions about you that don't have anything to do with your music, they like or dislike you for a million reasons, they like or dislike you for your last record.

I was a music fan first way before I started creating it, so I still get giddy when I get to be around people that I respect so much.

My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.