I'm very ambitious, musically - I want to create great things, not mediocre work..

I really wanted to get that dynamic on the record onto people and let them know it wasn't just a simple strumming along the guitar type of thing with….

It's like half the campaign of selling a record is trying to convince people that you're an artist. Well, I am an artist. This is what I do..

When I started out making music I thought it was about thrills and adding layers, but I realized I want to focus on saying the most with the least..