I came in with a completely new perspective. I would write songs and they would pick tunes they felt were in the Purple vein.

I used to listen a lot to Rolling Stones records and play along with them when I was first starting. It's a good way to learn, jamming around basic music.

A lot of things just got distorted, like stories about each other. After the tour we never talked. I believe a band should be a band.

Once I was playing and moving around and I fell right on my back. Just straight on my back. It was the most embarrassing moment of my life.

When I first colored my hair, my mother loved it. I got kicked out of school when I was 15, just for my hair.

When you come from the Midwest, you have a more open mind than if you come from the West Coast or the East Coast.

When I'm with Purple, I'm totally with Purple; when I'm doing my thing, I'm totally doing my own thing.