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.

We weren't One Hit Wonders. We had a few hits.

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.

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

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

I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record.

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