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

I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.

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.

The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.

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.

It's incredibly stressful when the person you love is having a child.

It doesn't matter what kind of problems a family is having; it should always stay in the family.