Music is music; you don't have to put a label on it.

For me, L.A. was, and is, a very creative place to be.

Sometimes when a record's done, I'm satisfied and I won't listen back to it for a while 'cause I'm usually pretty tired of the songs. Then I've got to learn them again to play them live, and sometimes it takes a while to realise it's a really good record.

The Beatles just changed everything right across the board. They just had that right combination of clean-cut good looks - a cute band - but under that they had a real rock n roll thing going on.

The media plays up celebrity a lot, but it doesn't hold a candle to being a scientist. There's a lot to be said for what they all do, and are trying to accomplish.

The really pop country stuff can sound a little bland because they put in strings and horns and all of that.

A band isn't a band unless they're playing together. Otherwise it's just five guys that are living off their royalty checks.