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.

Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems from going to school for film first, and kind of stumbling onto music as my career.

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

Being on the road with rock, its pretty much 90 percent guys.

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

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.