When people ask me if I have a hobby, a lot of times my answer is that I like to surf in warm water. I like to ski, if I have the opportunity. But really, I like to go to my studio and write music that I want to write, where there's no pressure to come up with a hit single.

Bowie's obviously my biggest influence.

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.

You are only as big as your experiences.

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.

I want my ex-wife and children to be happy.

I sang in choir as a kid.