I Was A Nervous Young Man. I

I Got On The Phone With The President Of My Label And I Said, "obviously, I Write Songs In A Lot Of Styles And Play A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Music. We're Getting Toward The End Of Our Business Collaboration. If You Could Envision A Record That You Wanted To Hear From Me, What Kind Of Record Would It Be?" It Wasn't Like Asking Him To Fill An Order, It Was Really Just A Conversation. For All The Things I'd Ever Asked Him, This Was One Thing I'd Never Asked, And I Don't Know Why. So I Was Curious. And The Thing That He Was Most Interested In Hearing Was A Solo Record.

I Use To Be Panicked, But Know I'm Curious!

It's Like — I Don't Know, Sometimes It's Like Chasing A Pretty Girl On The Beach. And Things I Never Thought I Could Do... I Can Do.

There Is Nothing Wrong With Loving The Crap Out Of Everything. Negative People Find Their Walls. So Never Apologize For Your Enthusiasm. Never. Ever. Never.

It's Really Very Easy For Me To Be In The Cardinals, Because I Bring My Voice, My Guitar, And My Songs To Them, And Then We All Play Around To Find Out What Works.