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

Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.

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 meditate and I also think about meditation. Which is funny. I think about Maharishi, about just the idea of meditating. It gives me something.

Chuck Norris has been known to throw a baseball 100 mph. I've been known to throw Chuck Norris 100 mph.

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

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.