My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

I love Black Sabbath. They made an amazing contribution to music today. Almost every band that made it big in the Nineties owed a debt to them.

I love everything about my job, except being away from the kids.

If there's one thing I'm good at, it's gathering people together to do something fun.

Mick Fleetwood was one of my first interviews. And if you've ever talked to that dude, he's the sweetest guy in the world - he's just a trip.

The most important thing for me is my family, and my health and happiness, and making sure everyone's cool.

Because you have things like 'American Idol' and you've got radio stations that play music made entirely by computers, it's easy to forget there are bands with actual people playing actual instruments that rock.