Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride.

It's incredibly stressful when the person you love is having a child.

I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish.

I've changed the way I look at things. When I put out a record or single I don't allow myself to set up expectations like, "This song must be a number one hit. Its got to sell X amount of records." I have fallen into that trap before.

You know, you've got to be careful with how you educate your kids in rock'n'roll fashion.

It's got big riffs and really it's a rock and roll album. I think Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver fans will relate to that

Well, a lot of successes come by mistake.