I met the Santana band when I was 14. By the time I was 15, I was a member of the band.

I never got into sports at all until I was in my early 20s, after my music career got going.

I am not a pop musician; I don't want to play bubble-gummy pop stuff.

I'm not a guy to go in the studio and spend months, let alone years, like some people do. I cannot even be in the studio for a month, it will drive me nuts.

Beyond the Thunder is the closest I've recorded to an acoustic thing.

Nobody's perfect. Everyone slides here and there, and they have their ups and downs. When they are down, that is not the time to step all over them.

I've never done a solo tour. I feel like getting out there and doing that.