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

I had a period in my life in the '90s where I was definitely young, dumb, and full of even more dumb.

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.

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

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

As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.

Music, as many people have said, is the universal language. Of course points are made which make you think about things, but ultimately it makes you feel. And that's why people remember more songs that have meant something during their life than films. They start to define periods in your life, and that's kind of the beauty of it.