If you have no shame, and it’s your goal to get people into bed, how much higher could your success rate possibly be?

Family is the best. I can honestly say, it's a gift that is beyond making art. I didn't know that when I got into it.

When I was in high school, I was a late bloomer. And just like all those supermodels who said they were gawky and no one liked them, that was me - metaphorically. And so I was ready to rise like a phoenix in later times.

I was a kid, I loved music, that was our social thing. That's what we bonded on. That's what my Saturday nights were, looking to see what bands were playing. And some of those people were the coolest people ever. I want to participate in that. And I hope other people feel that and they're like, "Yeah man, this is part of it, this is why I love music."

I just imagine that every song in and of itself is great, but when you add them all up, it's too much of me maybe.

When a band means a lot to you, you build the fantasy more than the reality. Always.

The best I do, if I'm just playing around and riffing in a fantasy world, and then I'll write something down. Hopefully I write it down.