I sang in choir as a kid.

Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush.

But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself.

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

I sang in choir as a kid.

Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. It's made everyone overly opinionated.

To be a great band it's like you have that telepathy. You know when the bass player's in back of you without even looking. You know when your guitar player's coming up to you to lean up to you and sing into your microphone. You just know these things. You feel it. You feel the energy of it.