BRET MICHAELS Says 'One Day' POISON Will Write All-New Music Again

Tom Conway of the South Bend Tribune recently conducted an interview with POISON singer Bret Michaels. A few excerpts from the chat follow below.

On suffering a brain hemorrhage that nearly killed him in April 2010:

Bret: "It was totally life-changing, as you might expect. The doctors said, 'If you have children, you need to bring them down.' Those are words you never want to hear. It transcends scary. It's really the deepest, most wrenching kind of fear."
"When I got out of the hospital, I feel like a lot of people expected me to sit at home and wait for the sky to fall, and that's not me," he says. "If anything, the experience said to me, 'Life is short and life is fragile, so you better go live it.' ... Rock and roll has been my life. It has truly been my savior. So for me, getting back on tour probably saved me, at least on a mental/spiritual level. If I sat around the house letting the world pass me by, my soul would have deteriorated. There would have been nothing left of me."

On reuniting with his POISON bandmates this summer for a 25th-anniversary tour with MÖTLEY CRÜE:

Bret: "I think I did imagine a lifelong career with them. Life is about loyalty to me. You stick together. I'm still amazed by POISON and by what we've done together in our career so far. We turned nothing into something. And we never faked it."

"As far as writing all-new material, I'm not sure when that will happen. But I'm sure that it will one day. I love writing music and I love those guys as though they're my brothers. When the time is right and the inspiration hits, I'm sure we'll all find ourselves back in the studio together."

On his appearances on such reality shows as VH1's "Rock Of Love With Bret Michaels" and "The Celebrity Apprentice":

Bret: "'Rock Of Love' granted me access to a whole new generation of fans, who I have embraced and I feel have embraced me. We had a blast on the show, and all the girls were great to be around. I always say that they were the real rock stars.

"Right now in my life, as everyone saw on 'Life as I Know It', I'm focused on trying to make my family be as good as it can be. Kristi [Bret's on-again girlfriend] was there by my side when my world almost came crashing down."

"'Celebrity Apprentice' was unbelievably awesome. I had the best time. I was excited to show the world that I'm driven and determined and a hard worker. ... It was coming off of 'Rock Of Love', which was such a blast, but I wanted to let the world know there was more to me than just partying it up. I've worked very hard my whole life. I felt up to the challenge, and, obviously, I did something right. ... And the fact that I was working to support diabetes research and that my winnings were to a cause that's so important to me, that was a huge motivator."

Read the entire interview from South Bend Tribune.