The song This Kiss was definitely my breakthrough song. After that, Breathe was my breakthrough album.

[Most recently he wrote the song] We've Got Nothing but Love to Prove, ... Fireflies.

I'm still proud of what I've done, even if it hasn't been the biggest song on the radio or hasn't gone to number one.

Definitely. I could breathe. It didn't feel like I had windshield wipers.

I definitely see the album being a little bit edgier. I feel like it's going to have a lot of political elements to it as well and be a bit more guitar-driven. The sound is definitely going to be different, but obviously the heart and soul of it is always going to remain consistent.

In 1999, I just came out of putting out the song 'Vivrant Thing' and 'Breathe and Stop' off the 'Amplified' album. Clive Davis signed me to Arista.