I'm admittedly a record guy. Singles and I are a different beast. I'm definitely an overall picture thinker.

Enjoy the experience, don't just experience the experience

Alcoholism is a well documented pathological reaction to unresolved grief.

I have to be involved. Whether it's me writing by myself or with other people, I definitely want to have my hand in the creative process. That's part of why I got into music in the first place.

I actually got to write with one of my musical heroes, a guy named Raine Maida from Our Lady Peace. I got to sit down and write some songs with him, and that was pretty heavy. I listened to Our Lady Peace growing up. It got me through the teenage angst.

I spent a majority of my life in Kansas City, so I am a Chiefs and Royals guy. I used to work for the Royals for like five years in the suites department and in the stadium club restaurant.

It's amazing what a spray-on tan will do.