I'm a really good team player. That's what it takes to work in the theater. That's what it takes to work in a band with musicians and writers.

In a very short period of time, actors can become kind of relevant and hot.

I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds.

You know I got kicked out of high school and I used to go to Hendrix concerts. I used to go see Marvin Gaye and B.B. King and so here I am on television as an actor playing the part of this really sweet wholesome all American boy. The reality was I had a much different kind of teenage life.

Oh, yeah. I grew up in Southern California in the 1960′s. It was very different. I was an only child as opposed to having siblings. My brothers all lived with my step-mom. I am very close to them, but we were not raised in the same house.

All I had done for five years was work 18 hours a day all over the world. I needed to step back and distance myself from it.

I understand the rock star deal having been one and still going out strapping my guitar on and performing. Now, I probably do 30 or 40 dates a year and I get to relive how I felt at 19 when I played in some really bad bands.