You have to change musically. Bubble gum pop was good for the first time you have sex. They didn't want to give the OK on some really good music. It was the frustration of being signed to that label. I was depressed.

There are certain things people always bring up with me. The accident. The drugs. And how tight my pants were.

I have no problem with starting from scratch.

Frank Sinatra is the only one that went from teen idol to superstar.

I'm not a slave to anything anymore. And I never will be again.

I've always written songs, even when I wasn't doing anything with my personal life in music.

They had me doing Beach Boys remakes and all that. I was basically a marionette.