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.

My mother passed at the end of the Circus tour. After that I really needed to take some time and just chill out and get my head together.

To let go of the illusion that I'm in control is an important lesson, because I tend to be a person who likes to be in control, not only of my art but of my life and things around me, and it can be healthy up to a certain point, but at the end of the day, we have to go on faith and learn to let go and ride the wave.

We have so many distractions. We're losing the family unit. We're losing the one-on-one. We're becoming extremely narcissistic. And we have to be careful about that. There's a lot to deal with out there.

Let's look at human interactions. I really believe that there is a way for us to settle disputes nonviolently, using our minds, using all of that was given to us.

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.

Change is growth. For me it has been a very spiritual and musical rebirth.