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I just want to write another record that's as good or better than the one I've already made. That's my main goal, to follow up stronger than before.

If I'm judged against my peers, rather than anyone else we could both think of, then I reckon I deserve to make records.

If you think you can do better, then do better. Don't compete with anyone; just yourself.

I have more perspective now, and am happier now. It's not that I don't want success, but I now know I can have success at a lower level and make much more money doing it by myself. I make $6 or $7 bucks a record vs. nothing off those other records.

Don't let anything but your talent affect your success.

I mean, at the end of the day when I'm making a record, what I want to do is what I do.

In order for me to get through all the red tape and just allow people to just get at my talent, I've got to set the record straight. And you can't set half the record straight; when you tell it, you've got to tell it all.

I just to put out the best records I can and perform the best I can.

If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged.

I don't listen to my own records a lot. Once in a while - to check out my mistakes. Because you can always see a spot or two in the record where you could have done better. So you more or less study this way.