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

You have to open up on stage.

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

When you train a horse on a daily basis, you're a part of the horse's movement, you're a part of his motion. Everything that the horse experiences is coming from you. There's a total connection -- a true friendship -- and the connection touches the soul completely.

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.

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

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