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

What makes that song, I think, is how stark it is.

I don't get in there and create a character. It's more of a voice that I hear living inside the music.

Friends of mine that are from here or that have spent time here have told me about Israel and how warm the people are and that I should someday come here.

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

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.

Everybody is influenced by someone.