A song has to be hummable and memorable at it simplest form, and that's what bass does for me. I feel like the glue to everything.

When You've lost it all....thats when you realize that Life is Beautiful.

Friends tell each other what nobody else is willing to tell you.

In my own life I like to be poised and have a positive outlook on life, and I'm leading by example to my children and people around me.

I just think if I can go from being a homeless kid with a dream of being in the biggest band in the world and making that happen, I can do a lot of other cool stuff, too.

Anybody I'm in a band with can do what they do better than me. I'm a huge believer that I can play bass or whatever I bring to the table - producing, songwriting, orchestrating - and I can look at the other guys and say, "He's got that, he's got this, and I have this." It's a team thing.

Some girl asked me for an autograph and I asked her why, she said because she admires me. I said she should see a shrink. Then she started crying and I started laughing.