I love to entertain, and it's hard to do that when you have to keep the rhythm up there. We're a three-piece (act) and somebody has to play the guitar. I used to do cabaret. I would jump into people's laps while performing.

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Philip Seymour Hoffman thought he was God's gift to acting, even when he was 18. William H. Macy was so great and so nice. Those acting classes were a great experience. It's helped me become who I am as a performer.

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I'm old-school when it comes to how you look and act onstage. The audience should want to be you ? or they should want to have sex with you.

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I love what the voice can do. I had a producer argue with me about turning up the background vocals. He said that it takes away from the edge, but I don't buy it.

93

That's my No. 1 biggest influence. If you're a rock musician and you say you don't like The Beatles, then you're a jerk. You're just trying to be cool, but you're really not. You can't deny The Beatles.

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