Honestly, when I got to Hollywood I was trying to sell my songs.

Actually I have been singing since I was a kid.

So I got interested in singing and I have always used my voice. Not professionally as much, but around the living room, the campfire, that kind of thing.

What I ended up doing was becoming an actor who didn't mind doing other people's words.

But I always held my music up and protected it from compromise. So I just do it for my friends. I've written hundreds of songs, and I'm sure I have a few albums worth of songs.

I had done a lot of plays, particularly at my own theater in LA, and it was the first time in my theatrical life where I didn't feel that my role was also to keep everybody else working hard.

I have to be very careful about how often I drag my family to places. They need some stability in their lives.