I tried to stick with what I knew best, which is writing rock n' roll songs and melodies. I am as passionate as I was when I was 20.

When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.

I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs.

I am a big Pink Floyd fan. That is where a lot of the concept lyrics come from.

My favorite Extreme records were the last two. I can't listen to the first one.

I tried to stick with what I knew best, which is writing rock n' roll songs and melodies. I am as passionate as I was when I was 20.

There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you.