I think maybe what happened was the convenience of technology overshadowed the experience of holding an album in your hands, and sitting on your bedroom floor, and staring at a picture of John Lennon or Gene Simmons or Johnny Rotten. That tangible experience can sometimes become an even more emotional experience, because it's really happening.

I think that if you're passionate about something and you're driven and you're focused, then you can pretty much do anything that you want to do in life.

Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It's a black wall. It's a thief.

Neil Young is my hero, and such a great example. You know what that guy has been doing for the past 40 years? Making music. That's what that guy does. Sometimes you pay attention, sometimes you don't. Sometimes he hands it to you, sometimes he keeps it to himself. He's a good man with a beautiful family and wonderful life.

Who's to say what's a good voice and not a good voice?

What's the last thing a drummer says in a band? 'Hey guys, why don't we try one of my songs?'

It's funny; recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child.