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 times I wish I would have learned to read music, but I'm very impatient.

I started on drums when I was 13 and played them for two years. Then I went to guitar for a year, played keyboards for a year and a half, and went back to guitar.

Right now I feel so inspired, it's hard to believe. I've written about 20 songs in the last two days. I'd gone about four months without writing a thing.

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

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.

I used to try and take things in leaps and bounds. Now I've realized it's got to be step by step.