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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.

When you work on an album for three and a half years, you're kind of ready for it to get out there. To have your songs reach people.

When you get to the 35-year mark in your career, you make albums for your fans to love you more, so they don't forget about you.

An album is a thing you take time out and go work on.

I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.

Finding your place as an artist is the hardest thing. You come out of college with what feels like a Mickey Mouse degree that qualifies you for nothing in the real world.

Albums are like diaries. You go through phases, technically and emotionally, and they reflect the state that you're in at the time.

You just have to know that the more successful you get as an artist, the less of a normal life you have. It's a trade-off.

A lot of people considered my career as an artist largely over. Two albums got shelved. But I've made music since I was a little kid, and for the majority of that time, I wasn't paid for it. So I will always be making it.

The one thing I've learned in the last ten years is that successful artists don't get paid to write and sing songs, they get paid for the psychological roller coaster they're going to have to ride. That's the hard work.