"It's funny, when bands or younger musicians ask me: 'So, what does it take to make it?' Well, first explain to me what you mean by 'making it': Do you want to be a rock star or do you want music to be your livelihood?"

"I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when we moved to America, it was just the typical thing except I was really good at it so was my brother."

"I'm the one in the band that said I'm not going on tour unless we do a record."

"I've had a hip replacement, I've beaten cancer, I had my hand operation, and I stopped drinking. Something inside of me just went, 'I'm done.'"

"Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away."

"In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum."

"I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken."

"I'm obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books."