[People] are trying to - they're trying to create something that solves a series of very complex problems inside of them or in their history. And I think when I unknowingly - when I went to do that, that's what I was - I was trying to integrate all of these very difficult things that I'd been unable to integrate in my life and in my life with my parents.

If you see me performing, you're going, that guy is simply the most extroverted guy I've ever seen. But if you've seen me very often on a daily basis and all the while growing up, I was very, very introverted. Very introverted. So I have sort of the extremes of both of those characteristics.

The songs themselves do broaden out as time passes and take on subtly different meanings, take on more meaning, I find.

We all have stories we're living and telling ourselves.

When I look at myself, I don't see the man I wanted to be.

My dad had a very difficult life, a hard struggle all the time at work. I've always felt like I'm seeking his revenge.

You can beat on your chest, hell, any monkey can.