She's intense and passionate, so she's perfect.

I'm just really happy, because I think we're a great band, and I really like great bands.

But remember, guitar players are a dime a dozen.

Just the other day I pulled out this old cassette of Ragged Glory and I popped it into my cassette player and I was digging it. They were just a great rock and roll band, one that presents the song ahead of everything else - there's no grand idea or concept behind it.

I live out in the country now and it's quiet and it's a place where I can think a lot.

Mike Watt and I had the same teacher. Mr. Tanaka.

Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me.