I think that the best rock n' roll is about the spirit of being young, the feeling of being 16 and getting crazy with your friends and going out to a show and just that whole feeling.

My first band, Kid Wicked, we did half covers and half originals.

I mean, MTV or the mainstream media can tell you one thing, but when there are 40,000 people in front of you, who cares about all that?

I'm not interested in thinking up the name of a band and a logo and all that. Been there, done that, sold a million T-shirts.

I had to get out of my record deal that I signed with my previous band and get a full solo record deal going so, with all of the paperwork that, that entails it did take a while.

Sometimes you can do things for people other than yourself.

Every single band in the world has these gigantic songs that people are obsessed with.