About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck.

I took care of myself. Basically I'm a vegetarian, I run every day, I exercise. I kind of control my living habits. I try to get a good night's sleep every night, I don't stay up all night and do all that stuff.

I've got a Fender Concert amp from the '60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it.

Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing songs, talking about music.

My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.

About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck.

I was working at this club in downtown L.A. from four to eight at night, just Eddie Rubin, the drummer, and I.