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

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

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

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

You are only as big as your experiences.

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

Bowie's obviously my biggest influence.