I never envisioned what I was doing as part of a career.

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

I never envisioned what I was doing as part of a career.

I love to listen to the music that first inspired me - I get that fresh feeling back.

India brings out so many different feelings in me. I've been fascinated with India and Indian culture as long as I can remember - ever since the '60s with the Beatles and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Over the years, when you're in a band with a catalog like Aerosmith's, you accumulate a lot of instruments to duplicate those songs.

I don't want fans to think we're clean, upstanding American boys, but we are Americans, and we do stand up.