It's almost embarrassing how well-behaved I was, which is probably why I do things like spit water on myself onstage as an adult.

I'm in the camp that needs to discover and take risks, sometimes it's with the promise of something special and new, sometimes it's to stay awake, either way it's much more stressful with all the uncertainty but worth the pain in the end.

Well, Freddie Mercury is a really huge rock star in my head. I've always thought he was just so tough and such an amazing entertainer, really a contradiction in many ways as well. So he was incredible.

I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.

I try to sing whatever the music makes me feel. And we play so much music from the other records at shows that I hope no one will miss the old style too much.

Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.

Sophomore records are historically really difficult.