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.
It never ceases to amaze me that I get to do this for a living.
I don't think I've ever laid out a batch of songs that pick myself apart the way that these do.
One time Robert Plant was set to check into the same room after I checked out, so I removed every light bulb and ordered up a bunch of stinky cheese and put it under the mattress.
I've always loved groups like U2 and Coldplay.
I fell off stage and bruised some ribs. The worst part was that the audience didn't realize I was gone.
When things are too easy I lose interest in them so I find ways to complicate them to get myself interested.
In the past, there has always been so much pressure about carrying a show and promoting a record.
I didn't want my last chapter to be the guy who sits at the piano and sings love songs.
I'm now so keenly aware that I have everything to prove and nothing to lose.
I think I do better when things are a little tougher.
I've never, ever in my life enjoyed playing live the way I am now.
It's funny; Luther and I have written many songs together, but we've never written songs in the same room.
My joke, which isn't really a joke, is that there will be one of two tours: the tour for the album that does well, or the tour for the album that stiffs.
But I'm just having fun playing and giving Botox injections to the older songs.
Doing my own album provided me the opportunity to say whatever I wanted.
But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997.
As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award.
I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity.
I've never written a song that I thought was a hit.
