I have a deep love for life and my fellow human beings. I try to understand everything that everybody does, even if it seems wrong to me.

When I was a teenager in the '70s, I was really into those great bands like Led Zeppelin and Queen and Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper.

I dedicated all the time I had to it. The 10 hour workout was just what I put in the magazine at the time, but for me it was every waking moment.

As a musician, I look for certain things that stimulate me. And what I look for is something that's an evolution on a particular genre that I never heard before.

Possessing a healthy imagination is a necessary ingredient for creativity.

I knew that I was going to have a life as a musician, because I always felt the pull. I don't remember ever having to make a choice.

I don't think I approach my songs differently from other artists. You get a big picture of it, and you imagine the song and hear and feel it, and that big picture is like a snapshot, and it comes to you as fast as it takes to click a camera.