One thing, when you're an actor, you finish something and then you have to worry about what the next gig is. When you're a musician, you can always write your own stuff, and I'm working on new stuff for a new album right now.

I think as far as self-promotion goes, I probably have a lot to learn.

I picked songs that I've been singing my whole life that stuck with me. I tried to pick stuff that was a variety. And I think the same way I always imagine that people are going to play the record at their house and I imagine them doing stuff with music on, like the way I am.

My advice is: if you've got to be miserable to write great music, then drive a truck.

I don't think I've had a more miserable life than a lot of people. I think I've had a pretty lucky life.

I did all my guitar playing at my house. And then finally, I was throwing hay and stuff working in Stockton and somebody offered - somehow they had heard me singing at the house and said: Hey, I'll hire you for our fraternity party or sorority party. And I said: Well, are they going to pay me? And he said: Yeah, we'll pay you 50 bucks.

I'm the star of stage, screen, and television now, but I'm also available for children's parties and bar mitzvahs.