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

I can't wait to front my band with these new songs and play for fans, but I've decided to keep my day job too.

People take songs so literally.

The only thing that's a little tricky about it is sometimes people assume that if it's a new song, it's a reflection of what you're feeling or going through now.

I fell off stage and bruised some ribs. The worst part was that the audience didn't realize I was gone.

So it was just a case of getting a bunch of songs that I had been writing for years but hadn't recorded together, and the result was My Own Best Enemy.

My joke, which isn't really a joke, is that there will be one of two tours: the tour for the album that does well, or the tour for the album that stiffs.