When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't have a concept. I didn't think it through. I was just flailing around doing what comes naturally. It took me a really long time to step back and deal with what I was doing with any kind of perspective or self-awareness.

My first guitar was a Gibson Challenger.

In this world, where everything happens so fast, it's hard to sit back, take the time and contemplate.

When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't have a concept. I didn't think it through. I was just flailing around doing what comes naturally. It took me a really long time to step back and deal with what I was doing with any kind of perspective or self-awareness.

A lot of my past is gone from my mind.

If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed.

The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it's really for kids.