I have selective hearing.

Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?

I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.

Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.

It's funny, when bands or younger musicians ask me: 'So, what does it take to make it?' Well, first explain to me what you mean by 'making it': Do you want to be a rock star or do you want music to be your livelihood?

I mean it's funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it, but it's not competitive like an election, it's the Olympics, it's not a Formula 1 race. The Billboard charts are just to show you what people like.

You've only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.