I like a good beer buzz early in the morning.

A lot of people seem to get preoccupied with what I'm wearing as opposed to the music.

Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s.

One of the great exercises you can do is to stop and acknowledge the colors around you... If you're constantly distracting yourself, then you're never really experiencing anything fully. It can cause you to feel like you have no center, like nothing is grounding you.

I was turned down by every record label in L.A. Perseverance is three quarters of the game. Talent's only a quarter. Being able to withstand the word 'no' over and over can build you a pretty tough skin. I knew if I just kept at it, at the very least I'd get better at my craft.

I'm not dead. I mean, I may be getting older, but I'm not dead!

I have a golden Lab who goes everywhere with me. He's a great leveler.