A True Musician, Like Johnny Cash, Should

A True Musician, Like Johnny Cash, Should Be Able To Walk Into A Room With Nothing But An Instrument And Capture People's Attention For Two Hours.

I Started As A Drummer, So I Sort Of Took On Singing Duties By Default. I Had Sung Backgrounds And Some Lead Vocals From Behind The Drums In Different Bands That I'd Been In, And I'd Gotten Great Responses For The Songs I Would Sing. I Really Started Pursuing The Possibility Of Being A Lead Singer Based On The Fact That I Was Working A Full-time Restaurant Job And Then Playing Gigs At Night, Hauling Drums Around. One Day, It Just Dawned On Me That, 'hey, I Could Be In A Band And Be The Singer, And It Would Be A Lot Easier!'

Everybody Is Influenced By Someone.

I Don't Think There Are Too Many Rock Bands In History That Can Look At The Beginning And Middle And Ending Of Themselves And See What I See When I Think Of Soundgarden. I Think From The Beginning Through The Middle And The End It Was Such A Perfect Ride And Such A Perfect Legacy To Leave.

To Me, Music Shouldn't Be Ego-driven. When You Go Out On Stage And Play Songs, It Is. But When You're Sitting In A Room, Writing Songs, It's A Completely Different Process. It's A Completely Different Place. It's A Creative Place, A Musical Place. It Has Nothing To Do With Who Likes What.