I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus.

When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting to continue.

When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front porch with him and sing songs.

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.

I don't like looking back.

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords

I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not.