Jose Gonzalez

I'm a very slow reader - I read maybe three or four books a year - so I listen to podcasts and the occasional audiobook, and I watch TED talks.

I guess I am actually quite shy, and I've always felt very self-conscious during interviews.

People often expect me to be very serious, but it's not like my record company told me not to smile in photographs, because I was like that anyway.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me.

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.