Fred: I've always been kind of a seeker. At the time I formed Cowboy Mouth, I was reading a lot of Norman Vincent Peale, books about positive thinking, etc.
My thought was that, in between songs, during concerts I would throw in things that I'd read in these books… Believe in yourself. Anything is possible. Isn't it great to be alive?
And I noticed that the reaction I got was really intense and instant. People went, "Whoa! That's different."
Thus I kind of took that as the basis of my front man personality and turned it into this rock and roll preacher thing.
Hallelujah and amen!