What has music done for you?

Music was my hobby and my getaway, it was my escapism in a box, and since it became my career years ago, I had the awakening that I need to do this to be happy, and since I've been on that path, I've been a lot happier. I've been a lot more content and fulfilled. So personally, to me, it's been a saving grace of my life. It's a way to communicate, it's a way to get all your emotions out, it's a perfect form of exorcism, I guess. It's a lot.

Do you think that, when you started playing music, you understood musicians?

Yeah. Music seemed to be an extension of my rebelliousness in the very positive way of expressing that rebellion, and when I got together with musicians, there was a sense of these people being on the outskirts of community, not necessarily the guys with the ties going to work everyday and the mainstay of the community where they're given these honors and stuff. Musicians were always on the outskirts of what we call the core of, I guess, established community, and I like that.

Do you feel like younger audiences today make that same connection to music in the same way, or they seem the same way?

I'm not sure if they do. I think the perception of music has changed from my generation, when I was growing up, to now, whether it's more pop or more commercialized. There was always that aspect, of course, but I think music's community's changed in the sense that, with online and stuff, it's a lot more interactive, it's not just music anymore, it's video and music, it's communication and music, it's blogging and music. It's remixing the music, doing videos to music and putting them up on YouTube, it's become a lot more interactive. Whether it represents rebellion as much or not, I don't know.