Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for so long, I got burned out on it.

I tend to fall for the archetypal, talented, charismatic rock boy.

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

I've been embarrassing myself publicly for over 20 years. Why should I stop now?

Music is so hard. It's a struggle to get people to care. It's hard to make an impact in today's world because people aren't buying records anymore.

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.

My first guitar was a Gibson Challenger.