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

If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar.

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

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.

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

When I perform, I like to immerse myself in the music, and I just try to get off on the diversity of music.

But my role is to just apply the skills I've learned over the years: you listen to the guitar, you listen to the vocal melodies, you listen to the rhythm, and you come up with something that helps you take the song somewhere.