It could appear that I'm some kind of natural genius, but it's just a million small lessons I've picked up over the years.

I have no interest in emo. I'm all about rap metal.

With each step I take, I see that my ability to perform gets a little better. So until it starts getting worse, I'm going to keep moving forward.

I think there is a very subtle shift from the metal I grew up on to Weezer. I think the big shift was from a minor key to a major key. That made a huge difference in how it was perceived.

I never feel guilty about liking music.

It is cool to have a label head that is also a songwriter, in a band, and produces records.

I'm constantly fighting with my manager to reduce the amount of time I have to spend on promotional activities, so I can get back in the studio and work on new music.

I enjoy listening to the albums of my youth as much as ever.

Most of the songs I write just very directly from my life. I don't have a big imagination. Whenever I tried to write from fantasy, it comes out sounding really fake.

If enough people out there want a physical product, I'll be happy to make one. I'd say about 10,000 people is "enough."

Miley Cyrus' 'Party in the USA' kills me with jealousy. The melodies are out-of-control beautiful.

In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.

Allow the fear to keep you sensible but not to keep you still. If you're afraid of the dark then open your eyes, see that you are home.

Opposition should never keep you from the work God has called you to do.

Secrets can kill the innocent and enchant the guilty.

Pretty girls behave best when you ignore them. Of course, they have to know you are ignoring them, for otherwise they may not even know you exist.

The single most valuable human trait, the one quality every schoolchild and adult should be taught to nurture, is, quite simply, kindness.

Men are creatures with eight hands.

I spent a couple of months just riding a bike doing my own training in the streets.

I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys.

Studying the model and realizing it is sometimes very slow in coming for the artist.