Music is such a great communicator. It breaks down linguistic barriers, cultural barriers, it basically reaches out. That's when rock n' roll succeeds, and that's what virtuosity is all about.

Great rock n' roll comes from suburbia.

You see, rock and roll isn't a career or hobby - it's a life force. It's something very essential.

Jazz came out of New Orleans, and that was the forerunner of everything. You mix jazz with European rhythms, and that's rock n' roll, really. You can make the argument that it all started on the streets of New Orleans with the jazz funerals.

I was listening to music long before rock 'n roll.

All the songs we do are basically about one of three things: booze, sex or rock n roll.