Once you get into the book, you've got to constantly find your - the rhythm of your prose. And it ends up being quite a musical experience either way.

I grew up with a very big extended family, with a lot of aunts. We had about five or six houses on one street.

Talk about a dream, try to make it real. You wake up in the night with a fear so real. Spend your life waiting for a moment that just don’t come. Well don’t waste your time waiting.

A dream of life comes to me, like a catfish dancing on the end of the line.

Anyone who's grown up or lived on the Jersey Shore knows the place is unique.

I have my ideas, I have my music and I also just enjoy showing off, so that's a big part of it. Also, I like to get up onstage and behave insanely or express myself physically, and the band can get pretty silly.

I found the key to the universe in the engine of an old parked car.