Watch Dwight's live performance of "Trying" on "The View".

"Life is what goes on while you're making other plans," said Dwight in his interview with "CBS This Morning" earlier today. Dwight, who often uses this famous John Lennon quote, was responding to host Gayle King's question on why it's been seven years since his last album.

In his interview with "CBS This Morning," Dwight took time to recall how the recent Martin Scorsese documentary, "George Harrison: Living in the Material World," gave him the idea for the album title. "They cut to John and John was wearing, simultaneously, three pairs of sunglasses. Like big wraparound movie star kind of things. I looked up and said...'So there you are, John. Three pairs of glasses.' It's just tongue-in-cheek to the Beatles and John."

Watch the interview below to hear Dwight talk more about the making of 3 Pears and working with Beck.

Scheduled appearances for this week:

Wednesday, September 26th

CBS This Morning
7 AM

The View
11 AM / 10 AM Central

Thursday, September 28th

The Late Show with David Letterman
11:35 PM / 10:35 PM Central

Watch Dwight's interview with Tavis Smiley where he talks about what influenced him when he moved to LA and how his iconic western wear style developed.