When you're really looking forward to something, you don't feel the sense of pressure.

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.

It's got big riffs and really it's a rock and roll album. I think Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver fans will relate to that

Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn't be about trying to gauge where popular music is today; it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down.

When I'm not completely loaded, it's a much more vulnerable place. I can feel the music, I can feel the energy and I really have to put it out there. When I was loaded, I was just oblivious.

I can't read sheet music, I have to just listen to it, and then just go for it.

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