One second I'll be listening to country, and then the next I'll be listening to rock and then R&B. It's ridiculous. I'm all over the place with my music.
Like many musicians, I don't look back much... only concentrate on what music I'm doing, and occasionally look ahead.
I want to put my vibe and my feel of music into an album and have people from different places around the world feel that and hear that.
I mean as long as I have been doing music I know I am only 30% of what I could be and want to be.
I think I sound like a fella who's always making a plea through his music. Sort of a plea of sincerity.
I don't know if a song is going to be a hit or it's going to flop. I never know. I just do the music and if people like it, they like it.
People get comfort from music. They get joy from it and understanding from it, and most of all, the average person can't do without it in some sense.
When I got out of the Nazz, I had it in my mind that simply to be eclectic was an important aspect of making music. It was something that I derived from The Beatles.
I found that when I was putting my own music out, with my Twitter feed as the pure marketing budget, I'm preaching to the choir.
It's a humbling thing, having kids. One of my sons came to rehearsals, and now he says Daddy's job is 'go play loud music.'
Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I currently am.
Wal-Mart went on a rampage years ago insisting all music they carry be censored of all profanity and 'clean' versions be made for them to carry.
I tend to not listen to my own music when I'm not working on it. No real reason other than it's nice to get away from it.
One of my goals from really early on was that if I was ever fortunate enough to be successful in music, I would want to stay the same person and the same songwriter.
Trance is a very emotional and uplifting form of dance music. It appeals to many people in this way having such a strong connection with emotions. It makes people happy and ready to party.
The music and everything we're doing on the stage and on television backs itself up. If that's what gets people's curiosity going or brings their attention to us, that's fine.
No one told me I had to make something that would sell, but I personally want everyone to like my music.
I like what it is to sing, or to be with the others singing, to make music, but the fuss and all the things that are the exterior part of a career, has never interested me.
I would find myself, not necessarily always assigning these little bits of music for here or there, but all of a sudden something would fall into place and it would be exactly that.
Our music may sound big emotionally, but that's more to do with the playing, the level of musicianship and the full-on energy. Often, the lyrics are often quite small and focused.
Plus, we spend most of our time writing music. Most of the time is spent in the studio in my house.
