I've had a very different career than a lot of other musicians. I went through the major labels. I was signed to two major labels and bands. I've toured with Aerosmith, and I've had records on the charts, songs in the movies. If you had checklist of things a person wants to accomplish in music...I've done a lot. And I don't mean that in an egotistical way; I never take it for granted. But you can't think outside the box unless you know what's in the box.

I wanted to be like my heroes, but I also wanted to be me.

I can go to India and draw 20,000 people at a concert, and it's really because I've built up an internet presence.

I was never good at copying. I was better at doing my own thing!

If you can keep learning, you can still do your thing, and keep singing or whatever, and still do innovative things.

Going on You Tube, you see a lot of my videos. And I'm glad; there's numbers there. And I get this all the time, that when I'm actually in concert, there's a whole new level to it. There's this whole new energy level. It's hard to describe. But I just love to play, and I never take it for granted.

I think no matter how much you learn, there's always more to learn.