I went to competitions and I'd practice for six or seven hours a day. When I started getting into music, then that's all I did. I've always been the type of person that can only do one thing at a time. But karate brings a lot of determination and competitiveness into you, and makes you want to be good at what you're doing. It's wide open because of the Internet.
People can make music on their own.
It put a lot of people on the same playing field, where they can get their art out there regardless of a label, and I think it's great. There's a lot of creative people who are bustin' out everywhere. Even though rock isn't as popular as it used to be, I think the trends are coming back up. There's bands that are starting to get on the rise that are more melodic and stuff. I know that rap's huge and rap-rock is huge, which is totally cool, but I just think there will always be a place for rock and roll.