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" I feel lucky to be alive. "

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

" But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself. "

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

" Sing the song or keep it inside. "

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

" Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn't be about trying to gauge where popular music is today; it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down. "

" We're only as big as our experiences. "

" In my creative life, David Bowie is definitely an enormous influence on me, being one of rock's greatest shapeshifters. "

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

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

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

" Bowie's obviously my biggest influence. "

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

" When bands got really big and sold a lot of records back in the day and did really well on the road, everyone developed a certain ego. And there's a certain entitlement that comes with that. And it stops people from communicating the way you used to communicate when you were in a band together and it was all for one, one for all. "

" I like wearing fitted jackets mixed with jeans, a button-down shirt and a tie. I like to keep the rock and roll feel but class it up a bit. As far as stage clothes, I prefer John Varvatos and All Saints. They have clothing that is really accessible for wearing every day as well as for wearing on stage. I also love J. Lindeberg's suits. "

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

" Not many people are able to say that they had in their professional career the chance to perform in two bands that won Grammys and were multiplatinum bands. "

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

" Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride. "

" People read things on Google, and they have these perceptions, these misconceived perceptions of who you are. At times that hurts, because they really don't know who I am. "

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

" The great thing about kids is the immediate gratification. As soon as I get home from touring, my wife and kids become my life. There is nothing sweeter. "

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

" I prefer a three-piece suit myself. Very sixties rock and roll. But they're not too quirky. Businessmen could wear them. "

" I used to just write about my own apathy, but that youthful, apathetic way of looking at things grew thin as I got older. "

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

" Anytime I feel squeezed into a box, I just lash out. My gut reaction is to strike. It's a different character onstage: there's a whole dark sexuality that's completely different from me. You know, I don't let anybody know who I really am. "

" I really didn't get obsessed with Bowie until my freshman year in high school. I remember listening to 'Starman' and thinking it sounded like it was a song for kids, like a lullaby. The Thin White Duke is my favorite look that he created. "

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

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