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.

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

Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.

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

Eventually I want to subsidize my income with other creative outlets that are going to not keep me tied to the road so much.

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.

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