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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.

I think every album you have, especially if it's done well, you feel like you're competing with yourself.

What I'm hoping is that every album I'm going to do will give my audience something different, and that they'll grow as I do.

There are always some doubts when you do a new album though. You wonder whether you succeeded or not, especially when you waited as long as I did for this one - seven years. You're never really sure if it will be a nice record or not.

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

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

I'm always sort of reflecting on what I do on what I've done. Usually before I make a new album, I'll listen to the previous albums just to see where I've been.

I rate each album as better than the last one. That's how I see it.

By the end of the writing process, which is about 80 songs per album, I look at the material and think, what's going to make a difference in someone's life.

You never know when you put out an album that's unique whether it'll get beat up for it or not.