I am affected by what is around. I don't think many people would admit that.
Live are a really good band. I like Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead I love. Even Oasis.
As much as you put into it is as much as you get out of it.
There's two facets to writing a song. There's you sitting in your room writing the sentiments of the song; the lyrics, the melody and the changes, and then there's the part where you go into the studio and you put clothing on it.
Great vocal track on "You can't cheat fate."
I definitely get affected by new stuff. There's a lot of older influences, but there's also newer stuff too.