The album requires a certain focus of mine that I can't really explain - let's just say it's all I can really do while I'm doing it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
An album is a thing you take time out and go work on.
For anybody who writes, very often, when you finish an album, you are so done with it. You've been listening in minutia, in super-focus.
It's frustrating to do albums that you think are worth listening to, but it's just so difficult to cut through.
It's like whether you're in a huge movie or you've just recorded an incredible album you've got to do the next thing, and that's part of being an artist.
I tend to just do whatever I want on an album and try to make it work. I'm just adventurous. It's most exciting to be at the edge of your abilities. I want to see how far I can push things.
The first album I started out, I just did everything completely alone. I think it has to do with confidence. The more confidence you develop in your own sound, the more you can open up and alchemize that with other people, just set it free, and not feel challenged by that.
An album is such a personal thing. It's something I always wanted to do. It's me doing me, singing as me.
When you love what you do, you just really fall in love with it. Sometimes you record a lot more songs than the album will even hold. You record like 300 songs and only 12 songs go on the album. It takes time. But if you love what you do, it works out.
You have to focus hard on recording songs that you believe in.
My main objective with every album is to capture a moment in time, which usually makes the whole process very relaxing. I only discover in retrospect when looking back at the songs how my life is going!