Being a child that grew up with a single mom back in the '70s, Father's Day to me was always a very uncomfortable time. At school, we would make Father's Day cards for our dads, and I usually mailed one to my dad, and he hardly ever responded.

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Forgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western males. It's a sign of weakness.

I have a pet peeve about bands that don't play their hits. I think it's kind of selfish.

When some people get angry, they turn into victims, but when I get angry, I turn to action.

I've always kind of been a little skeptical about bands that won't play their hits. That's really arrogant to me as a music fan. I do want to hear obscure songs, but like most people, I want to hear the hits, so we always play them.

Fatherhood, both times for me, was a choice.

One of the things about being a boy, especially growing up without a father, is you really don't have that role model to teach you how to do things.