I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography.

I don't ever expect to be permanently happy. I don't think that's part of the human condition.

I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years.

I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket for a while and graduated to the cardboard cutout.

I'm surrounded by great guitar players.

There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to.

I am a closet toy freak. I started chasing after some things as far as Star Wars toys - some very rare stuff.