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.

Sing the song or keep it inside.

Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.

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

I'm not sober. I haven't done drugs in 3 1/2 years, so I call myself clean.

It seems like everyone's got an agenda, and the agenda seems to be selling magazines or air time with sensational stories.

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.