I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I'm not your average bear. I - what's the word? I'm not - normal.

Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.

There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release.

The only band I was really over-into was Cream. And the only thing I really liked about them was their live stuff 'cause they played two verses, then go off and jam for 20 minutes, come back and do a chorus and end. And I love the live jam stuff, the improvisation.

Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool.

Some people think a song without words isn't a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he'll kick your ass!

I was just a punk kid, trying to get a sound out of a guitar that I couldn't get off the rack, so I built one myself ... I wanted a Gibson type of sound but with a Strat vibrato .. I went to town painting it and I put three pickups back in, but they don't work - only the rear one works