I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that.

I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot.

I'm being embraced by the public, but also baseball is being embraced.

I think it puts baseball back on the map as a sport. It's America's pastime and just look at everyone coming out to the ballpark. It has been an exciting year.

You can't let other people dictate what your art is supposed to be. That's the opposite of art. You should constantly be challenging yourself to grow and change and create and evolve. I'm into that spirit of experimental and underground music. The constant, the groping, seeking, moving forward, regardless of where it might take you at that moment. It's all part of a larger arc.

Some of the longest home runs I've hit, I didn't actually realize they were going that far. Everyone says, 'What does it feel like to hit the ball that far?' Actually, there's no feeling at all. I know when the ball meets the bat whether or not it's left the park. It's a nice easy thing.

I sort of missed one big thing, to touch first base. I hope I didn't act foolish, but this is history.