We have a partnership deal with New Line Records, which is part of New Line Cinema, and... I worked on that.

I started a recording studio. I started producing people and doing remixes.

It's great working with directors and with somebody else's vision.

I live most of the time in New York now. I have an apartment there.

I think if you're able to make the music you want and you can do it in the right kind of context, you don't have to be a circus ringleader to be successful.

At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I could work on writing better songs. There are only so many hours in the day, and I found writing songs more fulfilling than working on becoming this virtuoso guitar player.

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