I don't know if it's cool to say this anymore, but I grew up listening to Gary Glitter. A majority of his songs were in that shuffle-blues beat, and I think that's probably why I tend to write like that.

If you go into the eastern bloc countries we are huge, and in Russia. Maybe there is something about the depressing nature of our music and lyrics that some people find an affinity with.

God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion.

I want people to feel good about listening to this [Delta Machine] record, to get some kind of peace. It's just got something magical about it.

Anything that I write comes from the soul.

All of my kids are into music. My older daughter plays guitar, piano, sings. My young son, he sings.

Record covers helped me discover a lot of music that I wasn't aware of.