My high school was nothing like West Beverly High, let me tell you. I grew up in Fredericktown, Ohio.
I always lived with guitarists. When they would leave, I would just pick up their acoustic guitars and start doing finger picking and write.
In a modern world where a majority of women say, 'I don't need you, I've got my money, I've got my stuff,' I say, 'I desperately need men. ' My whole album is a tribute to men. It takes a man in me to tell you that I'm on my knees for men.
I was kind of ashamed of my bourgeois family as a teenager, I guess - I had dreadlocks, shopped in thrift stores and pretended I had no money. At that time, I would have spat on a girl who was buying Yves Saint Laurent.
I listen to a variety of music. The only common point is strong lyrics; I'm more obsessed with lyrics than music. I need to hear a form of truth, and if it's a hard truth, even better.
There is a thing where I get scared watching other people, and really realize, My God, their happy lives are going to stop. Sometimes you feel that people have 19 jokers in their back pocket and, because of the way they're living, you're like, Do you know that this is not going to happen over and over again forever?
The whole point of art school is that you're going to be able to have nudes all day long and a teacher who is there to move you. It's great.
Domestic violence and violence against women in general seems to be a big problem everywhere in the world. It seems to me this problem comes from stress, pent up anger, frustration, and all kinds of negativity within human beings.
Our love is like a song but you won't sing along.
Realistically, we could aim for the top three in the constructors championship. Realistically, we could look at winning more races. Three race wins would be very satisfying.
I've still never gotten behind the defense and been caught.