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In the past, I've been a bit diffident about my own albums, almost excusing them for some reason, even though deep down I felt strongly about them.

All these non-singing, non-dancing, wish-I-had-me-some-clothes fools who tell me my albums suck. Why should I pay any attention to them?

It's quite hard not to cringe at your own music; you're always a bit annoyed at some parts of it.

You might have a favorite band and really dislike one of the records. That's fine.

I think that all my albums are different enough where I don't feel like I did this the last time.

Don't get me wrong, I love my first two albums a lot.

I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more.

Albums take a lot out of you.

A lot of my albums that I've done, a lot of the songs have been the first take. It's before you mess with it too much - you can take away all the spontaneity and the emotion of something by trying to make it sound perfect.