People Don't Realize How Much Fun It

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.

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.

I Started As A Drummer, So I Sort Of Took On Singing Duties By Default. I Had Sung Backgrounds And Some Lead Vocals From Behind The Drums In Different Bands That I'd Been In, And I'd Gotten Great Responses For The Songs I Would Sing. I Really Started Pursuing The Possibility Of Being A Lead Singer Based On The Fact That I Was Working A Full-time Restaurant Job And Then Playing Gigs At Night, Hauling Drums Around. One Day, It Just Dawned On Me That, 'hey, I Could Be In A Band And Be The Singer, And It Would Be A Lot Easier!'

Led Zeppelin Is Just A Bunch Of Stupid Idiots Who Wrote Cool Riffs.

To Me, Music Shouldn't Be Ego-driven. When You Go Out On Stage And Play Songs, It Is. But When You're Sitting In A Room, Writing Songs, It's A Completely Different Process. It's A Completely Different Place. It's A Creative Place, A Musical Place. It Has Nothing To Do With Who Likes What.