I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure.

I have to make rock records occasionally.

A lot of what you do is about how you look. You're a good-looking guy who plays music, and you can't do anything about what happens because of that. If people say, "He's cute. I'm going to go buy his album," hopefully they'll like the music, too.

It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore.

My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content.

I don't write down my experiences, but I have a very decent memory. I have tons of books in which I write down phrases as they occur to me. That's how I write songs. I'll need a line and I'll go through the books and find it, the right rhyme and everything.

Rock stars wanting to write is even worse than wanting to act in movies, right?