Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I'm finished with it.

I sit and I write automatically. I don't really try to write. My subconscious mind takes over and writes the songs for me. Songs come very easily for me. When I'm inspired, it takes me 20 minutes to write a song.

I play piano all the time. I'm always at my piano, playing music.

I think about God, yes, and I wonder if there is a God. And if there is a God, will God please help me through my hard trips.

I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I'll have my feelings guide my hands.

If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When there's love present, it's easier to deal with life.

I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.