It's funny because when you do become successful, you're forced to look backwards and try to crawl back into the womb where you first started to create.

I have three dads: my biological father, God and Bob Dylan.

Technique plays a part - you have to know how to play.

I say this often, THINK. There is something in life called common sense. Webster's says common sense is sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts. Perhaps this is why in 1776, Thomas Paine used these words as a title for the most famous pamphlet ever written.

For new bands, I think a major label is the safest place to be. Independent labels are the ones getting away with murder. A lot of them are hobbyists who rip-off young bands, taking advantage of people who would never get signed to a major.

It's funny because when you do become successful, you're forced to look backwards and try to crawl back into the womb where you first started to create.

A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. They're in search of something worse than that. Money, yeah. I think the media's the kind of a thing where the truth doesn't win, because it's no fun. The truth's no fun.