[my Father] Was Not A Musical Man.

I Get Along Really Well With [my Father] Now, But I Had A Terrible Time With Him In My Teenage Years. All We Did Was Scream At Each Other, And When We Weren't Screaming At Each Other, We Just Wouldn't Talk To Each Other.

[my Mother] Is Much More Musical, And By The Time I Started Writing Songs - By The Time I Was About 17 - She Started To Believe In Me, Musically.

It Was Like I Had A Curse On Me. I Couldn't Believe How Much God Was Piling On. There Was So Much Death Around Me.

I Just Mean People Who Seem Unavailable In The Sense That They're Not Prepared To Totally Cling To Anyone. I'm Very Attracted To People Who Are Basically Free Spirits.

Even Though It's Become A Really Cliched Thing To See Musicians Working For Charity, It's Still Effective And It Still Has To Be Done.