I sing in a higher register, and you haven't heard that on the radio in years.

I have a little history. I met Stone Temple Pilots, and their guitar player was a huge Extreme fan. Somewhere down the road, Extreme made its statement.

I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs.

Michael Anthony is the Diplomat of Rock N Roll. He is the regular guy.

When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story.

When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.

I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record.

You have Extreme and Van Halen and the history that I have with other people I played with. There are some effects that will hopefully break that stereotype.

The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.

In my writing with Extreme, there are heavy themes. The cover photo has me with a gun to my neck. I am not advocating suicide. I am taking the philosophy that man is the measure of his own fate.

My favorite Extreme records were the last two. I can't listen to the first one.

Impact of telling a lie: The day it is spoken to the day it is caught.

Below the surface I lie dreaming, haunting images, in all colours and black.Sunlit sometimes there is no sun there.I keep the dream below the surface, the cracked mask absolute.

Every ceiling reached becomes a floor.

It certainly makes no sense to enact more laws if we cannot, or do not, enforce the ones we have.

In my food world, there is no fear or guilt, only joy and balance.

I like the idea of a big caesura between the narratives, a space which readers can fill in with their own speculative history.

Nine out of 10 people who recognize me recognize me from the commercials.

I'm a pollster by trade, so I'm into things that are actually quantifiable.

And I admit it: there's a rather dirty thrill when 700 people laugh at a joke you've written.

Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck.