My first guitar was a Gibson Challenger.

Every song brings back memories, like I remember where I wrote all these songs. 'Universal Heartbeat' was my apartment in New York City. 'My Sister' was at my apartment in Boston. I remember places and I remember what I was thinking when I wrote it.

If you do things when you're burned out, it'll make you bitter.

People in L.A. don't have to brace themselves against the cold; they slack off permanently, and their brains turn to mush.

I see a long lost home in his eyes. He sees a nice hotel in mine.

Puerto Rico has a stray dog problem. Tens of thousands of homeless canines - hundreds of thousands, by some estimates - live and die on the streets and beaches all over this Caribbean island of almost four million people.

I don't believe songs that try to say everything in a simple slogan.