I have a place in New England. It's in the middle of nowhere, like horror movie style - Stephen King-ville. It's a good kind of retreat for me to regroup my thoughts and work. I split time: 50 percent there, 50 percent in New York
When I have time, I write other things. I'm working on a book, I paint, I sculpt, I play with my dog, I watch television - I catch up on South Park or movies or whatever I've missed, normal stuff.
Touring definitely makes you appreciate home more, so when I can be home, I like to stay home.
I'm not someone who likes to go out very much.
We got to open for Soundgarden, which was pretty cool.
I'm kind of a homebody.
I love all the '90s kind of grunge, and I love classic rock: That's where the spectrum lies.
I'll start with the Beatles, and I'll bookend it with Soundgarden.
The Beatles are, first and foremost, my favorite band of all time.
I'll let the record [Who You Selling For] speak for itself. I don't want to get too in-depth with my personal opinions of it and where the songs came from because I think it messes with the listener to know the inside mindset of the writer. For example, I watched a Pink Floyd documentary the other day, and I learned that "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" was about [frontman] Syd Barrett. I didn't want to know that!
Obviously everyone has things in their past that they don't enjoy looking back on [Laughs], but no, you can't change it.
Where I'm at now is awesome. A different road might have led me to a different place, and I wouldn't be happy doing anything but music.
You can't change what happened.
It's less frustrating if someone recognizes me for it [ Pretty Reckless ]; it's more frustrating that I still get asked about it.
I paint and I sculpt and I enjoy doing things that aren't for the public. There's no pressure to it, it's just something that's a cleansing of the mind.
Asking about acting to me is like asking about junior high.
I love comedy. If I could be a comedian - well, I probably would not take that job because it seems really hard, but I wish I could be.
There are pop-culture things on television [that I like]. Not so much in music at all.
I find comedy to be one of the highest of the art forms.
I think I'm a homebody. I don't talk to anyone. I sit at home, and no one asks me questions or I'm talking about goat noises.
This is my life, and I want to live it and enjoy it if I can.
I think the long-term goal is to continue to grow as people and as a unit, individually and together, and hopefully continue to keep making records that are better every time, because if you're not moving forward, you're either standing still or regressing.
You write a lot of bad songs before you write good ones. It takes time!
When I realized I could actually make my decisions, it was a very strange feeling. It's like a switch went off in my brain, like, "Oh, then why am I doing this? I don't enjoy this, so I'm just gonna stop doing this."
I've been writing songs since I was a wee child.
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