I lay a lot of blame at the feet of Dusty Baker for not being more strict about fundamentals, which I think would give the team a stronger day-to-day identity.

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.

A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.

I'm by nature kind of a glum person, but I'm not a sad pathetic

Today is the greatest Day I've ever known Can't live for tomorrow, Tomorrow's much too long.

I use music as some kind of weird salvation to get away from life

When you present people with things from the heart and from the soul, they make better choices: They make better choices about their bodies, they make better choices about their partners, they make better choices about the environment.