So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure.

But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.

I took a lot of time to open myself up to taking chances musically.

When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands.

You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.

I may never get my own action figure, but at least I think what I'm doing is really legitimate musically.