I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.

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 like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.

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

Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.

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.

I like California a lot more than New York these days.