I like to challenge myself and give myself a timeline. It pushes me to be more creative and actually do these things, not just dream about them..

Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable..

Hearing the record and seeing the response is affirming that it was the right time and right choice..

It's not easy starting a label and putting out your own records. It's required me at times to humble myself and really push and work hard to try to g….

I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was..

But I've consistently worked for 10 years..

It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you end up getting people that are there because they love what….

My tendency is to be the guy in the back, even though I often end up being the guy in the front..

I had a very modest upbringing..

When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun..

Life started getting good when I started making money..

I didn't do the typical things that young kids do..

we live; we feel; we hurt. the world makes no exceptions..

Nobody believes it, but I slept on a futon till I was 13..

I've been producing records, and as early as my late teens, early 20s, I put out a hip-hop record and then the Ringside stuff. You know, I just feel ….

My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different..

Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me..

I have a habit of recording records very quickly - and not in a haphazardly way, not in a way where I'm not focused on details, because I'm a freak w….

The big things I've had are things I bought myself..

My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself..

I wanted to be a professional baseball player..