Once illness strikes, you realize there's not a lot of time for you to do what you really need to do. And there's no time like the present.

Well, my great lesson with that was I went to the same production twice - once completely high and once completely sober - and both times were equally wonderful.

My greatest experiences in the theatre and the most religious experiences in my life - of which going to the opera is one for me - have been with the Romantic composers' repertoire: it's Wagner, it's Strauss, Verdi, Puccini. That era gets me every time.

And I am left behind Corrupted crushed and blind All for a dream That in truth was never really mine.

My dad and I have always been somewhat competitive.

I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park.

In the music business, to survive for so long, you have to be able to cut off from your emotions sometimes. And being a father, you're faced with that situation. I know that my father was, with me. I understand why he had to be distant, because to rip yourself away, time after time, is almost more devastating.