I'll come in with a string of riffs and direct the musical ideas. But you still need a band and their input to make the ideas come alive. You can't underestimate band chemistry.

Rock & roll is not about what you play, it's about how you play it.

Most of my arguments with musicians through the years have had more to do with their attitude about music, or their attitude about their own lives, or their personal responsibility. Music has never really been the big centerpiece of the fight.

I feel completely free to do whatever I want and how I want to do it. I feel unburdened by my past.

As a 28 year old who's lived long enough to know the difference, I know now that the feelings I felt an 16 were not necessarily correct. But however overly dramatic, the desperation and hopelessness I felt at 16 was my reality.

I often have deer on my property and there's a fox and owls. You're not going to see that in the city.

It makes me crazy to think that somebody might attack my city or any other city.