I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.

Love and mercy that's what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.

I wanted to emulate Bob Flanagan, the high voice in the 'Four Freshmen.' I wanted to sing high like he did.

I approach my music-making as an art-form--something pure from the spirit to which I can add dynamics and marketable reality. Music is genuine and healthy and the stimulation I get from molding it and adding dynamics is like nothing else on earth.

Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.

The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the studio...well, that gives me satisfaction like nothing else.

I consider myself to be a crusader of love. I try to spread love around the world as best I can because I know I have a handle on love.