Growing up from Nirvana to all the bands I was listening to at the teenage time, those were my best friends, more than my real friends. Those were th….

My point is, I don't see the need to eat animals. I love animals; besides the horrible stuff that's put in meat, I actually love cuddling with animal….

I find that a lot of times when family members get bronchitis or the flu or something like that, I'll kind of skate through and be really lucky and n….

Everybody has got their vibes - it could be mountain biking, it could be hiking, but for me, it's surfing and music. There's a lot of different thing….

I've had the same core group of friends that I've always had. We're surfing, so that definitely keeps you grounded..

I never try and force-feed any song idea or lyrical message. It's really what's on my mind and what comes out of me. And a lot of these lyrics are me….

You start treating your body right and your immune system is better..

I've had the same friends I've always had. I mean, I've lost a few over the years..

I'm my own worst critic and harshest critic and I just want to put honest music out there..

There's a lot of different things, but I think love gives us peace one way or another, and a calming effect on our soul, so I don't know exactly what….

Coming from heavy music too, it's really hard to have heavy music not sound too butthead-ish or jock-ish, and there's a fine line between Limp Bizkit….

Trying to put music out there in the world is a pretty exciting, yet terrifying, thing and I've just been through the ringer..

You don't put out music unless you have a sense that people will maybe like what you're doing or you're standing for something artistically..

I've had the same friends I've always had. I mean, I've lost a few over the years. Hate to use the word "success," but I don't know what else to say,….

I've always found it pretty difficult to write a happy song. Since I was a kid, when I pick up my guitar it's been hard for me to write some sort of ….

I would say it's always been in me to want to have victorious songs. I sort of want my songs to have a feeling of victory, but through a lot of pain.….

I don't know that I can say what exactly love means to me because it would be hard to put that into perspective. But the older I get, the more I real….

I can tell when something's real, or when something's put together. I can just feel it..

I was in a hardcore band that had no melody, no chance of finding any success, and I was just trying to figure out what the hell I was going to do wi….

I haven't touched meat or anything like that in over six years. You know what's pretty trippy, once I stopped, I didn't get sick from that point on. ….

If you're waiting around for something to be handed to you or win the lottery, chances are nothing is ever going to go down, you know, so you got to ….