I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.

Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs.

I learned to read and write and socialize in school, and that's pretty much it.

I don't want to mix the identities. Noah Drake isn't Rick Springfield.

I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.

I was - I've always been a bit of perpetual adolescent.

Music is a 24-hour-a-day thing for me.