At the end of the day it's the fans who make you who you are.

There's something about losing friends, particularly young people, where it's not something that you get over. I don't believe there's a healing process.

An acoustic show is all about you, and any little nuance or mistake is amplified.

Radio and TV can still push a band, but things need to be shaken up. There is the Internet, but mostly what I see there is little kids on YouTube playing music.

My first favorite band that made music important to me was the Beatles. I was a little kid. I didn't know who was singing what song or who wrote what song.

I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be.

I think it's important for fans to know that but if I'm doing something that inspires me musically then I think it will inspire someone else too.