A lot happens in 20 years.
Its always my goal to raise the bar with each record I put out.
I like to work with different musicians and producers to change the feels of every release.
Certain social situations make me feel like a square peg in a round hole. Realising you can connect to the human race through song makes me feel less alien.
The reason I moved to Nashville was because I was reading biographies of a lot of my country music heroes, and I thought it would be better to actually go where the history was, as opposed to just reading about it.
I thought that it's so sad there are people who live their entire lives lonely. They die and no one goes to their funeral. I thought about how sad that was and how so many people out there have that path. I know this sounds weird, but if I could go take their bones back to my house and appreciate them for what they are, it would be my way of taking that loneliness away.
My dad was a bass player in a Latino band when I was growing up. So we always had musical instruments in our basement.
I felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly for it.
I'm very classic and structural. I love clean lines and interesting, modern details. But I'm all about being streamlined - less is more.
One of my favorite movies of all time is 'It's A Wonderful Life,' which is a pretty interesting choice for a seasonal Christmas favorite, because it's about a guy who wants to commit suicide and is presented with reasons not to.
Most of the music I've listened to or grew up listening to - a lot of it at least - is instrumental stuff.