I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.

My first job in NYC was playing a gig in the early nineties at CBGBs.

I suppose listening to a double album is kind of like going to the chiropractor... It's pretty good for you but you can't force it on anyone else.

All the bands I've played with have had dynamic front men.

Well, I always hope that I'm a role model.

I'm happy doing different things. Being in a band is great, but being in a band can be difficult sometimes.

When I lived in New York, there wasn't as much TV or film around. I got asked to do a couple of indie films, just based on me being from The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle. I did a couple of indie movies from Japan and one from Canada, and I thought it was an exciting, fun thing to do. I had a great time doing it, it was just that, in New York, there really wasn't as much. My studio in New York closed, so I moved out to L.A. and just started looking into composing as another thing to do, as a musician. I like it a lot. It's fun and it's a different way of thinking about music.