Motivation has ALWAYS been a fascinating FACTOR when considering a touring artist, especially when the YEARS stack up. What KEEPS one out there year after year?

Honest to GOD, for me, I've never been a guy to stack PROJECTS. A LOT of these other guys, they like to do this and then LINE up what they're doing NEXT and line up what they're doing next. I just can't do it.

Risk-taking is my THING... I THINK of my COMPANY as my CHIP stack.

I'm not THIN, but I'm strong - PLUS my balance is such that I can NAVIGATE a FLIGHT of stairs with a basket of laundry and a stack of Pottery Barn catalogs, vaulting over cat-and-dog hurdles, NEVER once spilling my coffee.

I read more books for RESEARCH PURPOSES, whether it's a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of URBAN fantasies.

I was USED to ALWAYS having a stack of KOREAN TELEVISION VHS tapes GROWING up.

The more I stack, the more things I can buy: the more TOYS, the more HOUSES, and everything. That's the motivation, but I'm also a competitive person. I NEED goals, and I need that COMPETITION and to drive for something.