I'm a soldier who didn't know how nasty the battle was going to be, and now, I've got a purple heart and I'm back.

I think life changes every year. This is just a little more comfortable.

I had this bad-boy-from-New York vibe going, dressed like a punk rocker with spiky hair.

[Addiction's] not about placating the bad dog - it's about feeding the good dog. You still have to feed the bad dog, but only enough so that the ASPCA doesn't bring you up on charges.

You have to give people something to actually write music so that you're not just running your mouth all the time.

I didn't have an identity. It was manufactured. My identity now? It was written on the wall by ancient forces.

I walk by studio heads and they actually look and put their hand out now, like maybe I should be on their radar.