I was very fortunate to be at the vanguard of music video.

Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar.

I took that time off - I knew it was messing me up, not being connected to a spiritual plane.

I meditate. Meditation helps me.

The whole point of me doing a Christmas record and what I centered it around was the song 'Christmas with You' from the point-of-view of the soldiers in Iraq.

I was more than just a moody artist.

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