It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars.

I found it a really refreshing change of pace to suddenly be completely directed. It was a type of collaboration that I don't normally have.

A lot of my songs deal with spirituality and God, and I guess if you're in tune with that, you'll read into it.

Later on in life I was like, "Wow!" because that's exactly how it was. They don't care that you're mixed. They see you as one color.

It's interesting to be playing a father who's on the other side because that's not my world and not where I came from.

People feel they have to live that stereotypical lifestyle in order to be a rock star. You don't have to shoot heroin and act a certain way to be a rock and roll musician.

At 10 o'clock in the morning I'd go right in the studio. It feels good to be there in the morning before the day starts to mess with you - I don't mean in a negative way, but before I'd speak to a lot of people or get into anything, I'd go in there and just see what I felt. A lot happens in the morning for me in the studio.