The hardest thing about writing my second album is that I had 20 years to write my first album.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My second album was written while I was on the road promoting the first record. I tried to take my personal experiences and elevate them to universal experiences, so that I wasn't writing songs about living on a tour bus or being on a TV set for the first time.
My first album is a lot of my personal experiences. I wanted people to relate to what I've been through.
My first album was full of ideas and attempts to go in all kinds of directions. I was young. I loved making music, but I didn't have a clear path. I also lacked in confidence.
Don't get me wrong, I love my first two albums a lot.
I hate the whole 'record your album, do your promo campaign, have a year off to write another album' pattern. As an artist, you should keep creating as much as you possibly can.
I didn't know how well my first album had done; it was enough to get me to do the second album, which was a continuation of the music I'd worked on and perfected.
With the first album, I wanted to do so many different things, and I was fighting with myself to try and see if I was worthy enough to do it.
My first album was completed in three months.
The second album is the hardest to write. It's nothing like the first album.
At the time I was writing the second album, I was sitting home in my underwear all day every day; I didn't have all that much to write about except for my own life and my family.