I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity.

When things are too easy I lose interest in them so I find ways to complicate them to get myself interested.

I didn't want my last chapter to be the guy who sits at the piano and sings love songs.

I love when people get songs wrong. I love when people take something from a song that's totally not what I intended!

I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but I've certainly had periods of profound sadness, depression and heartache and those are the kind of things that are interesting to me to write about.

One time Robert Plant was set to check into the same room after I checked out, so I removed every light bulb and ordered up a bunch of stinky cheese and put it under the mattress.

I've always loved groups like U2 and Coldplay.