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I think The Big Picture was such a huge shift from my second record.

I didn't have a lot to do with the first record.

I never really paid attention to sales until the second record.

The two records are very different. I guess, on the second record, that's more where I was at. Its not that I'm more well-adjusted or anything, it's just that what I wanted to sing about maybe was more the way I wanted to feel.

I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real. It was like a psychological battle to be creative. I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'

Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.

I feel like the first record was really finding my feet, figuring out what music I wanted to make... Now that I've done that, I feel like I've got a much clearer idea of what I want to sound like and what I want to discover. It's exciting.

It took a long while for me to even put out a record because there were so many options of how to do a song, and in some respects, I'm never totally happy with the outcome.

Though, since the first record, I've dramatically changed my expectations for our records.

I just want to write another record that's as good or better than the one I've already made. That's my main goal, to follow up stronger than before.