It was a source of shame for my family that I was in rock and roll, which is so blue-collar. It just isn't done. And I felt it, too.

Music is sound. It's a wave. It's going out and coming back, and it's bouncing off.

It’s nice to be liked, but it’s better by far to get paid.

I just don't fit into the box.

Yeah, I like to be the maker of the art. And I like and want the money. But I don't really dig being famous.

I don't know; it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know.

People hang their hopes on you fitting into their CD collection in way that they have made a space for, but I'm playing a longer game than that.