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For my first album I wanted to make a record that would be intimate, deeply personal, and honest.

I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history.

All the records I've put out have had either artwork that I did while I was young or something that my Dad painted.

In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records. And I wanted everything that went along with it.

I'm very proud of my records, but my most natural creative tendencies have been in live performing. There's a beautiful element to recording and making records, but I've always felt a little shy with it.

In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records.

Sometimes you make a record that is what you want to hear. I've made a couple of those, idealized creations of what I wanted to hear. Then there are records that are what you feel.

When I first got my record deal, I was like, 'I just want to sing,' and I never put much thought into what really goes into a record. But as I got older, I developed a passion for writing.

You know, when I put out records that may not work or connect with the audience, it's because I'm pushing myself as an artist creatively, because I'm just bored doing what everyone wants me to do.