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

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" I prefer to break new ground, but it gets harder and harder with the territory that's already been walked on. "

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

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

" My favorite hobby is writing and recording songs at my studio. I like to surf, but I don't get a chance to do that as much as I'd like. I don't live close to the beach. I also like to ski, but I don't get to do that much, either. "

" Sing the song or keep it inside. "

" I sang in choir as a kid. "

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

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" I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish. "

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

" Not sure how I can be 'terminated' from a band that I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of their biggest hits. But that's something for the lawyers to figure out. "

" To be appreciated by a whole 'nother generation of fans, all of a sudden discovering you, it's kind of what I did with the classic bands I love - the ones that influenced me. "

" When I put out a record or single I don't allow myself to set up expectations like, 'This song must be a number one hit. Its got to sell X amount of records.' "

" When I formed the band and created the Wildabouts with my friends, we decided we wanted to make a band-sounding album, a rock-sounding album. I made two solo albums before that were more experimental albums, and I think that they didn't really resonate with my fan base because they were too out-there, too artsy. "

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