cause down the shore everything's all right

You use to drive me wild, but lately you get your kicks from just knocking me down, down, down.

That's what being a front man is all about - the idea of having something supple underneath you, that machine that roars and can turn on a dime.

We live in a post-authentic world, and today authenticity is a house of mirrors. It's all just what you're bringing when the lights go down. It's your teachers, your influences, and your personal history. At the end of the day, it's the power and purpose of your music that still matters.

They put a rifle in my hand, sent me off to a foreign land to go and kill the Yellow man.

I had tried to go to college, and I didn't really fit in. I went to a real narrow-minded school where people gave me a lot of trouble, and I was hounded off the campus - I just looked different and acted different, so I left school.

I never knew anybody who was unhappy with their job and was happy with their life. It's your sense of purpose. Now, some people can find it elsewhere. Some people can work a job and find it some place else.