My life has flourished in so many ways both personally and professionally that I can't ask for a better life.

As a father, I do everything my dad didn't do. My son Beau's birth changed my life.

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.

It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done before.

In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of entering that world, the financial base of this state is sure to suffer and impact all of us.

I had a lot of very religious influences - Christian religious.

When I was 11, I moved to Los Angeles to live with my father and stepmother and my half brothers. I became really close to my stepmother, and I am still very close to my brothers. My stepmother is the actress Shirley Jones, who was in The Partridge Family alongside me, so we worked together for years.