I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.

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

I don't know any musician, successful or otherwise, that got in it to make money. Or writer, for that matter. You get into it because you love it.

You always want to feel you're not the only one going through something unpleasant.

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

Every actor wants to break out of the box that they put you in and that's where I'm heading, out of the box as fast as I can.

At this young age I am already sold on the idea of the dog. One of God's absolutely greatest inventions and one that needs no more tinkering. The dog is the perfect beast, companion, friend, shoulder to lean on, and scapegoat when too many cookies are missing. And a dog won't hold that against you, either. I am at peace sitting in silence with a dog.