With some artists, I've noticed that after their songs have been licensed, on their next album you can totally hear they're trying to write a song for 'Grey's Anatomy' and it doesn't work. It's just one of those things that has to feel genuine to last a long time.

It's just my job to prove I belong in there. I've been in the league a long time.

It's just not right that so many things don't work when they should. I don't think that will change for a long time.

I was fixated on Prince's 'Black Album' for a long time.

In whichever way my music can get out there, I'm just like, 'Sure.' It's also through the TV synch licenses that I've been surviving. I don't really make money through record sales. I used to be really picky: 'No, I don't want it to be the song of a commercial,' but nowadays it's what you need to do to get the song out as much as you can.

I just wanted to play a cowboy for a long time.