My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of kicks into gear.

I was just totally taken by Michael Jackson when I was a little kid, like everyone else.

I love bass, I really do. Bass is ace!

I'm making sure to cover all the bases. Like, I've always wanted a leather jacket like Michael Jackson's in "Thriller" since I was a kid. I'm trying to incorporate a lot of elements of pop culture that I've always revered or was really into when I was young.

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.

For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.

Sophomore records are historically really difficult.