Sing the song or keep it inside.

Sing the song or keep it inside.

Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.

Shoot the bad guys and I'll gladly sing a tune for you.

Processed pig is white trash meat. Some people call it Spam.

A lot of journalists like to suck up to celebrities, and then as soon as they're a safe distance away at their computers, they take shots. But that's the way society has become, especially in pop culture.

Any time you're stepping out on a limb as an artist, it's scary, especially when you have a lot of success. When you're reaching a lot of people, the masses, it's easy to stay in that niche, you know? Especially when you're making a lot of money and you know there's a formula, it's easy to stay in that rut.

Anytime I feel squeezed into a box, I just lash out. My gut reaction is to strike. It's a different character onstage: there's a whole dark sexuality that's completely different from me. You know, I don't let anybody know who I really am.

As I've gotten older and my life is a lot more stable, I've gotten more into storytelling.

As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.

As horrible as jail was, there were some first-rate guys in there.

Bowie is probably my favorite all-around songwriter and performer and personality. His ability to change over the years is such an inspiration. I love 'Young Americans' and 'Fame.'

Bowie's obviously my biggest influence.

But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself.

Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. It's made everyone overly opinionated.

Do I show up onstage late sometimes? That's something I could definitely work on. I'm human.

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

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

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.

For the most part, rock fans don't go and buy CDs any more, very rarely. It's pretty much about downloads and streaming.

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.

Having children showed me a whole different kind of love that I had never known. It was something that had always been missing. Complete love. I would die for them.

I can't read sheet music, I have to just listen to it, and then just go for it.

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

I had a period in my life in the '90s where I was definitely young, dumb, and full of even more dumb.

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.

I prefer a three-piece suit myself. Very sixties rock and roll. But they're not too quirky. Businessmen could wear them.

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

I really didn't get obsessed with Bowie until my freshman year in high school. I remember listening to 'Starman' and thinking it sounded like it was a song for kids, like a lullaby. The Thin White Duke is my favorite look that he created.

I really have paid no attention to social media. It's never been something that I've done. There are people that put up tour dates and basically say what's going on, but I need to get more involved, because I hear about rumors that are absolutely ridiculous.

I sang in choir as a kid.

I suffer from manic-depressive disorder, and I've chosen not to take medication for it. Because of that, every once in a while I go through manic episodes and really depressed episodes.

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

I think to stay in one sound is a career killer.

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

I want my ex-wife and children to be happy.

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.

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

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

I'm going to take care of myself because that's what I need to take care of.

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!

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

In my creative life, David Bowie is definitely an enormous influence on me, being one of rock's greatest shapeshifters.

It doesn't matter what kind of problems a family is having; it should always stay in the family.

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

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.

It's incredibly stressful when the person you love is having a child.

Lyrically, there's a lot of songs that are influenced by my wife. They're about my wife and I.