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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.

I just wanted to be a songwriter. I did really not like the sound of my own voice.

I knew when I was a kid that I had a Broadway voice. I wanted to be a rocker, because I grew up in that era of transistor radios at the beach.

It wasn't until Duotones that I felt my true voice come out.

I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was very basic. All I wanted was drums and another guitar, and I was just going to sing.

And I had not much of a voice. I didn't play that great guitar either.

I was listening to music long before rock 'n roll.

I wanted to be one of the voices in the box.

I wanted my voice to be a tenor sax, really.

'The Voice' gave me a chance to show people the side of me that is an artist. People didn't know what that would look like or sound like. It allowed people to see that potential.