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Rock and roll doesn't allow you to grow up - especially if you're not trying very hard to.

The Beatles have always had a big effect on me.

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.

It seems like everyone's got an agenda, and the agenda seems to be selling magazines or air time with sensational stories.

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.

If I was in a zombie apocalypse, I wouldn't be playing music, because that would attract zombies.

It's better to not set your expectations high. And that's what happens when you have a long career - not every album is going to be record setting.

I think to stay in one sound is a career killer.

Life doesn't make any sense unless you can enjoy the journey, and sometimes I take that for granted.

The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.

I listened to a lot of Bob Dylan songs to see how he works. I've gotten into writing story-songs.

When you're really looking forward to something, you don't feel the sense of pressure.

I'm not sober. I haven't done drugs in 3 1/2 years, so I call myself clean.

You can't be seen in your mid-40s wearing leather pants. No leather pants anymore.

I had a period in my life in the '90s where I was definitely young, dumb, and full of even more dumb.

Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush.

Shoot the bad guys and I'll gladly sing a tune for you.

I want my ex-wife and children to be happy.

Lyrically, there's a lot of songs that are influenced by my wife. They're about my wife and I.

I sang in choir as a kid.

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

Eventually I want to subsidize my income with other creative outlets that are going to not keep me tied to the road so much.

It's like, hey, some people cook for a living, and some people milk cows. I write songs.

Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.

Processed pig is white trash meat. Some people call it Spam.

It's incredibly stressful when the person you love is having a child.

Do I show up onstage late sometimes? That's something I could definitely work on. I'm human.

There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust.

For the most part, rock fans don't go and buy CDs any more, very rarely. It's pretty much about downloads and streaming.

We're only as big as our experiences.

I don't want to stay on the road for the rest of my life. I have two kids.

As I've gotten older and my life is a lot more stable, I've gotten more into storytelling.

I feel lucky to be alive.

My family is the most beautiful thing in my life beyond anything else, even music.

I'm going to take care of myself because that's what I need to take care of.

I can't read sheet music, I have to just listen to it, and then just go for it.

When I was around nine years old, I was a fan of Shaun Cassidy's first album.

When you become a television personality, it's difficult to maintain your musical credibility.

I'm beyond the point of thinking I'm powerful enough to solve my own problems.

Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. It's made everyone overly opinionated.

Who you are as a person has to do with what you think and how you feel. It has to do with how you love and how you care for people.

There was a period of time where I really hated rock music.

You have to spend a lot more time on the road these days if you want to make a living with music.

You know, you've got to be careful with how you educate your kids in rock'n'roll fashion.

Bowie's obviously my biggest influence.

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 still love making records, and I'm able to do it because I own my own studio, and I try to do it as much as possible.

It's a horrible thing to have someone pretend like they know what you're about and call you a fraud when they haven't given you a fair shot.

You are only as big as your experiences.

I was on the pro-Nirvana, anti-Pearl Jam bandwagon.

I prefer to break new ground, but it gets harder and harder with the territory that's already been walked on.

Electric red hair is more for, like, people in their 20s and early 30s.

Sing the song, or keep it inside

It doesn't matter what kind of problems a family is having; it should always stay in the family.

As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.

Well, a lot of successes come by mistake.

I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.

As horrible as jail was, there were some first-rate guys in there.

I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish.

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.