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.

I prefer to break new ground, but it gets harder and harder with the territory that's already been walked on.

Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride.

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

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

Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.

I've changed the way I look at things. When I put out a record or single I don't allow myself to set up expectations like, "This song must be a number one hit. Its got to sell X amount of records." I have fallen into that trap before.