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I like to work with different musicians and producers to change the feels of every release.

I want to be the kind of artist who keeps pushing on every album. I don't want to settle on a sound.

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.

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.

I'm not a slave to the recording industry. I have the freedom to make an album that I want to make and do it the way I want.

When I do an album I try to find a producer that's excited about something that they want me to sing, and I check with the record company to find out what they think they can sell - which is their No. 1 priority.

I wanted to feel like an artist for once in my life. I wanted to use other producers for respect, to let them know that I listen to other people's music and that I'm just not out here on my own page.

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

It's like, how do you continue to make records that are representative of who you are that your fans will recognize as your band, while still trying to push things forward and present new sounds for people.