The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He's having a mid-life moment,….

No matter what, if you're a parent, you have to make sacrifices..

When someone is in a car accident and they're driving at 100 mph, drunk, who's tape do you think his listening to at that time? Think about it..

When we were making the record, I just decided, at the last second. I thought, "This song ["Ordinary World"] makes a lot of sense, being on the album….

I'm always a work in progress..

They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy..

I think everybody should get married. Boys and girls. Girls and boys. Boys and boys! Girls and girls! Shouldn't we all be entitled to a family-Civil ….

Just seeing the things on TV and the things in front of you, the amount of information coming in, and the lack of information not coming in, how coul….

Madisyn [Shipman] was great. She's a really talented kid. We got along great. It was fun, in between scenes, I'd pull out my iPod and show her differ….

I'm a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else.

If someone falls down, pick them back up. Just because there's not a frickin camera in your face doesn't mean you don't have to look out for each oth….

Do you have a problem? I have a gun. I'll shoot you. No problem..

If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying you hate them just because you're so fed up with being asked all th….

I just open my mouth and out it comes..

Attack your instruments. Don't let them attack you..

And you don't want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics..

Eventually, if something pops up, that's cool, but I still wanna continue the process of learning how to be a good actor..

I hate celebrities. I really hate them..

The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing is punk rock..

Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere..

To me, it doesn't feel like it's just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit.