One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.

I don't think there are any new media I'd like to cover.

Left all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.

I'm obviously not a rapper, and I don't have any claims to be one, really.

There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can't think of a clever enough idea.

I was a huge fan of 'Mad' magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I'd scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I'd wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it.

It was difficult to get into my friends' rock bands when I was a teenager. They somehow didn't see the need for an accordion player. That's when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.