'Urban Renewal' was sweet because I've been - unfairly, I would say - plonked in the middle of the road because of a handful of songs. It came at a good time for me, because you do take a bit of a browbeating and, as you get older, you become better at accepting it and realizing why it happens.

Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption.

Deep inside us we're not that different at all.

I'm fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I'm sort of interested in the gory details of life.

I think I was the best drummer!

I'm usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours.

I've spent the last year and a half going through a very public separation, hiding in hotel lobbies.