Optimism is a revolutionary act

Hey, I don't have all the answers. In life, to be honest, I failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my wife. I love my life. And I wish you my kind of success.

And I liked that whole idea that energy comes from not disseminating your ideas and talking about them.

I always loved song writers who wrote songs in the first person, so it's kind of like that.

The current state of music journalism is not bad, but it's not great at all. Some of the hip-hop stuff people get into is exciting, because there's a passion and there's something to explain to a more mainstream audience, so you get these passionate writers who want to express their love for rap and hip-hop, which is cool. But there are too many magazines, and the access has been diminished, so the quality of profiles has gone way down. Internet stuff can be really good, though. I like the dialogue between fans on the Internet. I think that's the best rock writing that's going on right now.

Optimism is a revolutionary act

The power of music is still with me, every day. It's one of the most inspiring things available in the world.