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My first album is a lot of my personal experiences. I wanted people to relate to what I've been through.

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

I feel that my playing on the first album was probably some of my best.

Obviously, with your first album, you want to make sure you are really happy with it.

There is a downside to having one of the biggest-selling albums ever.

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.

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

I think most bands probably peak on their first album. We peaked on our third album. On the first album, I feel like I wish the production was a little better. I'll always hear a song I don't like. I look for what I could have done to make it better. It's always difficult for me to listen.

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.