You look out there and there's people that, their day is changed because of your contribution to it.

Rock Band never got anybody a date. Never.

Even in your darkest moments, you'll think of something that'll crack you up.

Unless you're a true prodigy, you're going to have to practice for a while being bad before you get any good. And it will seem like a waste of time. I remember that feeling well. But don't worry about wasting time, because it'll be so worth it. It's my experience that in the end, life lessons and guitar lessons begin to blur in all sorts of interesting ways.

I can fall in and out of love, have marriages that barely last a month. When they go down the drain, I'll blame it on the fame.

I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.

If you're really on top, you probably didn't do that great, 'cause you have to water it down a bit for it to get that mass appeal