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If I write for myself, I write a song and I bring in the musicians that are best suited to play it. There's a freedom there.

My audience is a huge part of my success, so I see us as a team. They send me tons of song requests every day. Some of the songs I've never heard before, but I listen to them and then pick the ones that I love.

The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.

I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.

If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.

My music is like my freedom space.

Joining a band without ever having really met the people before, you just want to be musically powerful.

Music is the way I understand how to communicate now, the way that I've learned how to communicate... but it will eventually have to go beyond that. You see, I've realised that music is not what keeps people involved - it's the attitude behind the music.

The freedom you feel when you're actually in control of your own music is fantastic.