We want to mentally be young, even if physically we're not.

I want to be stereotyped. I want to be classified.

The most visceral expression of emotion in music.

Once it stops being fun, we won't be able to do it anymore. People are going to know that we're not having fun, and we're going to know that we're not having fun. So at that point, it just ends.

The two things that matter are the desire, and being healthy enough to do it. Everything else to me is a non-issue.

I don't want to live your dream. That's your dream. Go ahead and do it. But it's not mine.

Part of 'Beyond The Music' is also the notion that no matter what came of us, or the band, the most important thing for us ended up being the friendships.

I tend to be the one that breaks the mold most often, and thus, I tend to be the one with a lot of outtakes, songs that don't make the record.

I still think punk's around. It's been pushed into the mainstream and it gets harder to draw that line between what's pop and what's punk.

I've never written a song about DNA or anything that I work on. But I just think that DIY aspect, and the creativity and the belonging and acceptance is what drew me in.

When you star arises, your cloud of opposition awakens

There’s little kids on trains coming up to me, singing my theme song, and they can barely walk.

Repentance doth alter a man's case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.

When you're younger, your inspiration is there. As you get older, it tends to waver. Once you find it - I found it again - that's where you can draw from. That's where you draw your strength from.

What stands in the way of effortless effort is caring, or a conscious attempt to do well.

Whatever happens to us originates in the mind.

Dreams are not theirs to take!

Are you on drugs?" "No." "Maybe you should be.

We're really talking about the Army and Marine Corps here for almost all these ground combat jobs. They want to move in a careful, deliberate manner.

It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music.