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After 12 intense years of rock music, I was happy to get away from making a record and going out on a tour. When I did it, I wanted to feel inspired. After a while I finally had my fill working on other people's music, and I started coming up with music on my own and said, 'This could be for me.'

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I play and I've played in heavy bands, but when I write for myself, I don't particularly feel like writing huge rock riffs. It just doesn't work for me and my voice.

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I like the challenges of doing different things. It keeps things fresh for me.

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I started a recording studio. I started producing people and doing remixes.

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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.

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

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It's much easier to work on other people's music and play in other people's bands as a guitar player instead of being the main songwriter and singer. That's a really big job to do that.

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I think if you're able to make the music you want and you can do it in the right kind of context, you don't have to be a circus ringleader to be successful.

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I like a lot of different kinds of music. I like strong projects, big music.

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All the bands I've played with have had dynamic front men.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: March 26th, 1968

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