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I really just tried to make a record full of great songs, which is the goal I always have.

It was always important to me that I made a record where I really sang well, and I don't think it's happened yet. There's always a possibility with each album that I might not record again, and I wanted to produce one that I could feel was mine.

I also wanted to make a record that was about other things than romance, yeah, after two years on the road singing all the songs from the first album, I got kind of tired of that.

Oddly, when I started to make the record, I wasn't aware I was making a record. I just was sort of disgusted with the whole thing and sequestered myself in the basement and started playing the piano just for something to do.

I had 25 or 30 songs. Sequencing the record, I left that to the producer. I'm not into doing that stuff.

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record.

My second record I used a producer, which was frustrating in a way, because I think a lot of the punky spirit and provocative nature of the lyrics didn't come across - the music was pretty.

I got caught up in doing records for other artists. I just stayed behind the scenes, and time just kinda passed.

I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind.

The whole process of this record was an education for me as a musician.