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

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

As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.

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

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

When people ask me if I have a hobby, a lot of times my answer is that I like to surf in warm water. I like to ski, if I have the opportunity. But really, I like to go to my studio and write music that I want to write, where there's no pressure to come up with a hit single.

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