I always wanted to be in bands.
I have 'Purple Rain' on purple vinyl.
I grew up in that band. Some people go to college and get a Master's. I went to My Chem academy, and I feel like I graduated with honors.
My dad was very influential with the music he exposed me to. He was really into blues and folk, so he'd play me guys like Muddy Waters and T-Bone Walker and Richie Havens - a lot of very emotional players.
I'm kind of a feel player. I'll stretch out before a show a bit and do some playing, but that's about it. I'm not one of these 10-hour-a-day playing guys.
With our first record, we wrote concept songs but not a concept record.
I'm a fan of records you get and you listen to them from beginning to finish - records where everything is there for a purpose. There was never any filler on those records - it was all well planned out.
