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There are so many things to think about when you make an album. Like, who am I trying to impress? Am I going to get respect, critical acclaim? Or am I going to sell lots of records?

If part of the purpose of making an album is to get some radio play, then you might as well think about that. But that's not really how we picked the songs.

I'm very serious about what I write and who I allow to produce the music, because I want to make sure it's a true album, and not just something pushed out there to create hype and more fame for myself.

To be honest, making albums is really never easy. It's always a bit excruciating because there's always this fight to make it great, and then you hit these stumbling blocks along the way.

When creating an album, one of the first things you have to think about is what you want your production style to be.

I've always dreamed of having an album. The problem is that it's just very difficult to make an album nowadays because through technology, music shifts so fast, especially electronic music. Once you make five songs, the first one you did is already old and you wished you would have put it out right away. So that's kind of the difficult part.

I realized if I'm not really making an album, I don't have to be concerned about things like stylistic consistency, pacing, a coherent mood. All that stuff goes out the window.

I wanted to make an album that takes a journey through all my favorite periods in music and then culminates in something that will most likely end my career.

I personally really like getting a proper album with artwork and everything.

The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.