I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell.

Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can't understand what they are saying. It's a mental illness. I have been diagnosed as a manic depressive.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

There's nothing greater than a girl.... Well a kid, your daughter, but that's a girl too.

I have auditory hallucinations, I hear voices saying derogatory things, like I'm terrible and I'm going to die, and they're usually worse in the afternoon.

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.

The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.