Even From A Listening End Now, I'm

It's Hard Enough To Make A Good Song And A Good Recording Of That Song. But To Try To Tailor It To Some Outside Force Is Just Like - It's Never Been A Factor In What I've Done Or What The Band's Done.

It's Much Easier To Work On Other People's Music And Play In Other People's Bands As A Guitar Player Instead Of Being The Main Songwriter And Singer. That's A Really Big Job To Do That.

If You Put All The Songs Together That I've Written On Band Records, And Put It Up Next To My Solo Record, There's Definitely A Different Kind Of Feel Than Billy's Songs.

I Live Most Of The Time In New York Now. I Have An Apartment There.

At Some Point, I Had To Make A Decision: I Could Practice More And Become A Really Great Guitar Player Or I Could Work On Writing Better Songs. There Are Only So Many Hours In The Day, And I Found Writing Songs More Fulfilling Than Working On Becoming This Virtuoso Guitar Player.