Well, a lot of successes come by mistake.

Music, as many people have said, is the universal language. Of course points are made which make you think about things, but ultimately it makes you feel. And that's why people remember more songs that have meant something during their life than films. They start to define periods in your life, and that's kind of the beauty of it.

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

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

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

I sang in choir as a kid.