I met Scott Stapp when the band was first coming up, great guy. I haven't seen him for years, but a great guy.

We weren't like mates who decided to form a band. The other three met me because they were interested in being in the band that I was starting.

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

I feel like I'm always fighting not to repeat myself.

Everybody likes to run around on their phones, including me, but we don't always want to hear who's sweating somewhere in some non-air-conditioned factory to create those things so that they can keep the prices down.

You can only be this high-powered mojo rock band for so long, then you just can't look people in the eye. So, we've projected our own demise.

In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.