Doing my own album provided me the opportunity to say whatever I wanted.
I can't wait to front my band with these new songs and play for fans, but I've decided to keep my day job too.
I didn't want my last chapter to be the guy who sits at the piano and sings love songs.
I don't think I've ever laid out a batch of songs that pick myself apart the way that these do.
I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but I've certainly had periods of profound sadness, depression and heartache and those are the kind of things that are interesting to me to write about.
But I'm just having fun playing and giving Botox injections to the older songs.
I have complete freedom, and there's no way to get pigeonholed or bored. What could be better than that?
I'm now so keenly aware that I have everything to prove and nothing to lose.
I understand that, but this disc shows the type of music that I've always liked and wanted to make.
I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity.
I really didn't have any plans to record prior to doing My Own Best Enemy.
I love when people get songs wrong. I love when people take something from a song that's totally not what I intended!