You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.

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

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

You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.

In my writing with Extreme, there are heavy themes. The cover photo has me with a gun to my neck. I am not advocating suicide. I am taking the philosophy that man is the measure of his own fate.

I think there are some good players coming up. I think we are at a point where people can swallow a guitar solo in a pop rock record again.

If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.