Everybody Is Influenced By Someone.

If I'm Going To Go Out To Be A Solo Artist, It's Because I Want To Do Something Different Without Having To Wait On Someone Else's Schedule Or Hobbies Or Be Limited By Other People's Prejudices. I'd Be Kind Of Stupid Not To Exercise That.

Sometimes, If A Song Is Written, In Essence, To Be That Stripped Down, It's Very Touchy When You Start Adding Things, Because Even The Smallest Thing Can Have A Huge Impact. Somebody Has To Make The Decision That There's A Better Song In There If There's Less.

I Never Wrote Music Or Arranged Songs Or Lyrics When I Was Under The Influence Of Anything But Coffee. That's Not Gone Away.

Any Way That You Can Get The End Result Is Valid, Whatever It Takes.

Most Frontmen Are Not Born Hams Like David Lee Roth. We're More Like Joey Ramone: Awkward Geeks Who Somehow Find Our Place In The World On The Stage.