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Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best.

Everyone looks to an artist for something more than just the music, and that message of being comfortable in my own skin is number one for me.

To have your first No. 1 as an artist was everything I could have ever dreamed for. Now we're keeping our fingers crossed, and hopefully we'll have many more, but there's certainly nothing like the first one.

When you're No. 1 or No. 300, you still get to play and write the songs.

People are forgiving of v 1.0 of a product if it's truly innovative and useful. Then you can get away with a lot. But if you're merely marginally improving the status quo, then you better be rock solid.

I'm now comfortable playing a lot of the old songs, and I've gotten out a lot of the old equipment.

After my first No. 1 song back in 2006, I worried I may never have another one.

Soul music as we've always known it hasn't changed. There are different players now with different attitudes, but there is nothing new being done musically.

Old music is the same as new music - it's just a different way of delivering it.

The bottom line is, I tend to be going back to older and older music.