Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.

As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.

I'm primarily thought of as a rocker, and certainly 'Frankenstein' had a very dramatic power rock image. It was almost a precursor of heavy metal and fusion. But I also love jazz and classical and if there's one common thread that runs through all my music, it is blues.

There is a real formula to writing music, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge. It's very formulaic. The subject matter that you can address in pop music is somewhat restricted. It just doesn't allow that same emotive quality that you can put into poetry.

I've always had a great love of music since childhood. It changes every day... every time you write, it's a new experience. It's a self expression.

I hadn't realized the number of people that are still interested in listening to what I am doing, people I would never know about if not for being online.