I'm a very melody-driven writer and I have a rule that I don't write anything down because if I can't remember the melody than it wasn't worth remembering. So it's my way to test myself in the studio. When I was a kid I could sing pretty well so melody always made a lot of sense to me.

You have a lot of time on these tours. As Alice Cooper said, you can either drink all day or golf.

You're not meant to do what's easy, you're meant to challenge yourself.

I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least.

If I'm not learning from something that I'm doing, then that means I've done it before. Do something different, even if it's within the same medium.

If you asked me what pop is right now. I'd say hip hop.

I grew up in Tennessee where you either play football or you don't do anything at all. So I was a bit of loner, being interested in music.