Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.

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.

I see love, like art, as an obsession. Maybe that's an overly romantic view of human existence, but I'm an overly romantic human being. If love, like rock and roll, doesn't consume me 24-7, it's not love. It can be respect, appreciation, admiration, wonderment, it can be a world of glory and a lifetime of peace, but I can't call it love. Love burns me and confuses me. Love's a light that can't be extinguished.

I suffer from manic-depressive disorder, and I've chosen not to take medication for it. Because of that, every once in a while I go through manic episodes and really depressed episodes.

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

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

When you're really looking forward to something, you don't feel the sense of pressure.