We have a partnership deal with New Line Records, which is part of New Line Cinema, and... I worked on that.

If you put all the songs together that I've written on band records, and put it up next to my solo record, there's definitely a different kind of feel than Billy's songs.

I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies.

Now the records are done and we're back to 0-0. The bottom line is that you want to get to the state tournament. Ideally, you want the No. 1 seed and the first-round bye, but we'll take No. 1 or No. 2 as long as we're in the tournament.

You know, it's going to be a really long tour, and well, I guess I'll see what happens with A Perfect Circle, 'cause they do other projects too, and I don't know. I hope I can always do a lot of different things, do 'em well.

My first job in NYC was playing a gig in the early nineties at CBGBs.