I got a little tattoo on my face, I'll never be able to work another real job so I consider that to be kinda forcing myself to stick to music..

A lot of bands don't really like each other. I read an Interpol interview the other day, it was a really good interview because it was showing a diff….

The whole time you're bouncing ideas off each other, you continue to try and push the songs as far as you can take them and make them the best that t….

There are some people i'd take a bullet for, and some people i'd like to put a bullet in..

Don't let anyone make you feel like you're not good enough, smart enough or cool enough. Do your own thing..

We want to give kids something to hope for. If one kid says, "Your cd helped get me through this year," that's all it takes..

I need a little criticism while I make a record so that I kind of feel like: okay, I know that I'm doing the best that I can do because someone is ac….

Don't worry mom . I am still a virgin..

All the best songs are, I think, the easiest write because they just come out..

Hard to find a better drug than a song you love..

Often people think they know what they want, but what they really want is something that's genuine. So they'll be saying, "Do another one like that,"….

In music industry they always want you to write something like the one that was popular. And that's something you kind of have to just - sometimes yo….

3 years ago I was stocking shelves at Target, living on Ramen noodles, and crashing at Billy's house. Now I'm on tour.

I hope my allergies don't act up.

When you have a relationship with a label, it can really affect the work you're doing and if you feel like they don't believe in you sometimes you go….

I didn't even write the lyrics down. I got in the booth, I put down a little guitar riff and the idea I had was it was going to be really simple, I j….

Start enjoying the things you like about yourself, and if there are things you want to change, either get to work on it or get over it..

Things have changed. I almost feel like it's more adaptable, and you can decide your own career now. I feel artists have so much more of a voice and ….