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I sang in choir as a kid.
Sing the song or keep it inside.
We're only as big as our experiences.
Bowie's obviously my biggest influence.
You are only as big as your experiences.
Well, a lot of successes come by mistake.
I want my ex-wife and children to be happy.
Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.
I was on the pro-Nirvana, anti-Pearl Jam bandwagon.
Shoot the bad guys and I'll gladly sing a tune for you.
There was a period of time where I really hated rock music.
Processed pig is white trash meat. Some people call it Spam.
As horrible as jail was, there were some first-rate guys in there.
It's incredibly stressful when the person you love is having a child.
The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.
Electric red hair is more for, like, people in their 20s and early 30s.
There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust.
I'm not sober. I haven't done drugs in 3 1/2 years, so I call myself clean.
I'm going to take care of myself because that's what I need to take care of.
When I was around nine years old, I was a fan of Shaun Cassidy's first album.
I can't read sheet music, I have to just listen to it, and then just go for it.
You can't be seen in your mid-40s wearing leather pants. No leather pants anymore.
My family is the most beautiful thing in my life beyond anything else, even music.
When you're really looking forward to something, you don't feel the sense of pressure.
It's like, hey, some people cook for a living, and some people milk cows. I write songs.
You know, you've got to be careful with how you educate your kids in rock'n'roll fashion.
As I've gotten older and my life is a lot more stable, I've gotten more into storytelling.
Rock and roll doesn't allow you to grow up - especially if you're not trying very hard to.
Do I show up onstage late sometimes? That's something I could definitely work on. I'm human.
When you become a television personality, it's difficult to maintain your musical credibility.
Lyrically, there's a lot of songs that are influenced by my wife. They're about my wife and I.
It doesn't matter what kind of problems a family is having; it should always stay in the family.
I listened to a lot of Bob Dylan songs to see how he works. I've gotten into writing story-songs.
If I was in a zombie apocalypse, I wouldn't be playing music, because that would attract zombies.
Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. It's made everyone overly opinionated.
Life doesn't make any sense unless you can enjoy the journey, and sometimes I take that for granted.
I had a period in my life in the '90s where I was definitely young, dumb, and full of even more dumb.
As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.
I prefer to break new ground, but it gets harder and harder with the territory that's already been walked on.
In my creative life, David Bowie is definitely an enormous influence on me, being one of rock's greatest shapeshifters.
I prefer a three-piece suit myself. Very sixties rock and roll. But they're not too quirky. Businessmen could wear them.
For the most part, rock fans don't go and buy CDs any more, very rarely. It's pretty much about downloads and streaming.
I used to just write about my own apathy, but that youthful, apathetic way of looking at things grew thin as I got older.
I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.
It seems like everyone's got an agenda, and the agenda seems to be selling magazines or air time with sensational stories.
Eventually I want to subsidize my income with other creative outlets that are going to not keep me tied to the road so much.
Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush.
I'm one of the luckiest people in the world that I was able to do what I fell in love with and be able to make a living doing it.
It's got big riffs and really it's a rock and roll album. I think Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver fans will relate to that
Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.