Your spoken voice is a part of it - not a big part of it, but it's something. It puts people at ease, and once again kind of reaches out and makes a bridge for what's otherwise difficult music.

The first day I can remember looking into a mirror and being able to stand what I saw was the day I had a guitar in my hand.

I was signed to a record label at the same time as my friend Elliot Murphy, who makes great records to this day.

It's time to impeach the president and get a man in there to get us out of this mess.

Show a little faith there is magic in the night. You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright, and that's alright with me.

The Jersey Shore is the kind of place where the policeman has a little cottage that might have been in the family for years and many other people call home.

I always look terrible before the show. That's when I feel worst. And after the show it's like a million bucks. Simple as that. You feel a little tired but you never feel better. Nothing makes me feel as good as those hours between when you walk offstage, until I go to bed. That's the hours that I live for.