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

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" Every single thing I've done has made me who I am today. The only thing I would take back is hurting the people that I love, and the people who I love have already read my lyrics and heard my apologies. But the rest of the world, I don't need to apologize to them. My life doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the world. "

" 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. "

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

" I've seen guys on the street who look the part of a rock star just as much as any rock star. If you feel it and you believe it, then you can get away with it. Rock on! "

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

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

" Sing the song or keep it inside. "

" The Beatles have always had a big effect on me. "

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

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

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

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

" When people ask me if I have a hobby, a lot of times my answer is that I like to surf in warm water. I like to ski, if I have the opportunity. But really, I like to go to my studio and write music that I want to write, where there's no pressure to come up with a hit single. "

" It's the same as Keith Richards. People still ask him the same questions they asked him 30 years ago, even though he's a completely different person. And I'm a completely different person than I was 15 years ago. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I had always sung in choirs. Even when it was something to be laughed at or made fun of, you know, in school. And I was always the kid who was picked at the Christmas concert to sing the solo, you know, while the other kids snickered in the front few rows. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" There was a period when STP and I weren't making music - we weren't getting along very good at all. But I had my studio, so I was writing and recording a lot of music. But something told me not to put it out. It was all stream of consciousness; it was clever, but it didn't really have substance. "

" Well, a lot of successes come by mistake. "

" Bowie's obviously my biggest influence. "

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

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

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

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

" I was just a kid in 1987 when I heard of the Pixies, the year after I graduated high school. But I had my band together, and my best friend at the time, Corey Hickock, who was the guitar player in the band that would become STP, Mighty Joe Young, turned me on to the Pixies. "