I use the music to vent, and a lot of the stuff that I am writing about or was writing about contained a lot of anger and anxiety, stress and depression, so that's how the album came out so dark.

I didn't want the public in my personal life at all - I thought that people might perceive me as too normal, and I'd lose that larger-than-life rock star persona. You've got to protect that!

I have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years.

Show me who your friends are and I'll show you who you are. It works for me. Stay positive and good things happen.

Concerts every night, autograph signings, endorsements, and so on. That's not what real life is about.

I use the music to vent, and a lot of the stuff that I am writing about or was writing about contained a lot of anger and anxiety, stress and depression, so that's how the album came out so dark.

With the mega-fame came the mega-downfall - you know, with the press and everything - and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.