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" In 2000, I fell in love. I had never felt anything like that before in my life. It kind of took me over. "

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" How many new rock stars have come around that have anything to say at all? Guys where you even want to know what they're thinking? Are they thinking? Where did it go astray? "

" No matter what, I'm always interested in making music. "

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" Life is different than it was in the Nineties. I'm a dad, and there are other things I have to get done in an afternoon than just being an artist. "

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" If you had told me at 45 years old that I would have to go on tour to get rest, I would've said, 'That's not how it works.' But nothing can be more gratifying. I'm a very hands-on dad. "

" My music is how I feel, and that's changed from being twenty years old to being forty-three years old. "

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