In my early days, I was about 145 pounds. I was really a starving artist; the poster child for starving artists.

I still have auditions for independent films. I've been still working.

The only difference between me and a homeless man is this job. I will do whatever it takes to survive…like I did when I was a homeless man.

I keep busy. That was my nickname in college, 'Iron to the Fire.' I like to keep several things going at once.

If I write songs and I think they sound good, then that's it. That's what I do. I'm not a technical musician, which is fine for rock and roll.

I write songs for myself, songs come out of me, I get enjoyment out of it. Basically, that's it - I get enjoyment out of my songs, I know they're good songs, and know that the people around me who I respect are all getting up on these tunes, and the feedback is really good, so that's it. There are people who will receive them, and don't receive them. Not in a spiritual sense, but in a commercial sense - do these songs treat people, and so far they're working.

I wouldn't really say I'm a jazz guy, which I'm not.