It grabs me, but not as much as it grabs some of the other people that rave about them. With the Black Keys, I'm missing crescendos with the sax, keyboard or guitar solo. It never comes to me. All my favorite music is rife with crescendo and I'm not hearing enough with them. If you can get the Black Keys to hear this, tell them I offer my crescendo guitar anytime they desire it.

Only criminals and bloodsuckers reward bad behavior.

Real Americans don't back down.

I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.

I started singing with the Amboy Dukes in '87. I sang 'Oh Baby Please Don't Go,' the old Van Morrison song by Joey Smith. I started singing more from then on.

Only an abuser can make the decision to stop abusing.

Vegetarians are cool. All I eat are vegetarians - except for the occasional mountain lion steak.