My First Instrument Was Actually The Trombone,

I Guess It Was Exciting That Every Time I Pulled Up To The Gate Of My House, I Wondered If Someone Was Going To Jump Out Of The Bush And Stab Me In The Face.

I Always Loved Writing Songs - Writing For Myself And Demo-ing Songs, Really With No Intention Of Ever Letting Anyone Else Hear Them. Finally The Foo Fighters Stuff Happened When I Just Went To The Studio Down The Street From My House And Recorded Some Stuff In About Five Or Six Days, And All These People Wanted To Release It As An Album. I Wanted To Release It On My Own, With No Photos And No Names On It.

I Love Black Sabbath. They Made An Amazing Contribution To Music Today. Almost Every Band That Made It Big In The Nineties Owed A Debt To Them.

I'm A Skinny, Geeky, High School Dropout - It Works, Kids! Sensitive Guys Always Get The Girl. You'll Get Laid 10 Times As Much As That Guy On The Football Team 'cause He's On Steroids And He's Gonna Get Fat.

The Thing That Will Never Go Away Is That Connection You Make With A Band Or A Song Where You're Moved By The Fact That It's Real People Making Music. You Make That Human Connection With A Song Like 'let It Be' Or 'long And Winding Road' Or A Song Like 'bohemian Rhapsody' Or 'roxanne,' Any Of Those Songs. They Sound Like People Making Music.