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I buy records from all across the board. I get kind of a hybrid of influences in my own music.

I still hold on to the idea that a record can really change the way I feel.

I get most of my inspiration from older records and older production styles, and that ends up rearing its head in the records that I make.

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.

When I first got my record deal, I was like, 'I just want to sing,' and I never put much thought into what really goes into a record. But as I got older, I developed a passion for writing.

People are really set in their ways in how they produce records, and I was at least open enough to where I knew I wanted to do something totally different.

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

I still stand behind the stuff I did early on, but I was on a record label, and I didn't have a lot of creative control. Another side of that is just being young and having bad taste. There was plenty of that, too.

I'm very proud of my records, but my most natural creative tendencies have been in live performing. There's a beautiful element to recording and making records, but I've always felt a little shy with it.

I've been around for such a long time. My first hit record was over 20 years ago and the people who bought my records then are married now and they probably still play these records and their children like them.