She's a walkin', talkin' reason to live.

Because we lived in the presence of the church and the convent and the rectory and the school 24-7. And this was an enormous cornerstone in the lives of my entire family. They were all pretty serious Catholic churchgoers.

I do a lot of curiosity buying; I buy it if I like the album cover, I buy it if I like the name of the band, anything that sparks my imagination. I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention.

When you have three teenagers, it gives a whole new meaning to "homeland security."

Just sitting around waiting for my life to begin, while it was all just slipping away.

Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull and cut a six inch valley through the middle of my soul.

This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for.