It was sad when Sid Vicious died... I was freaked out when Phil Lynott died from Thin Lizzy. I cried. It was too crazy.

I've always just wanted to sing in a rock band.

There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about how it comes across.

I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.

I just being able to write songs I'm proud of and finding some women to play with is exciting.

When I met Ronnie Spector, she walked in and said, 'You look like me.'

The distance thing is partially due to the fact that I'm pretty shy and I've struggled with extreme stage fright in the past. So I just have to go onstage in a different head space so I'm not as self-aware.