I feel like you're not a real musician or entertainer if you can't go into a room, pick up an instrument and entertain people.

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.

Any way that you can get the end result is valid, whatever it takes.

If I had a musical identity that was definable then it would be time to get into painting or something else. Race car driving.

It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.

Ever since I can remember I’ve had positive and negative fan reviews. And whether it was positive or negative it wasn’t always based in reality or what my perception of the music was. But judging from playing these new songs live and my feelings on the record [Scream] – and it’s a great record – there is definitely an audience for it. Also, I don’t really go to clubs so I don’t know what sounds are made there.

People don't realize how much fun it is to be depressed.