One thing that really attracted me to punk was the DIY aspect. And the fact that, since I was a nerd, I was like 'you mean nerds can belong to this l….

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..

The most visceral expression of emotion in music..

Punk's really cool because it's very inclusive of all types, which I like. And I would submit that even though people talk about punk as being thuggi….

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 no….

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

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

Because we take these huge long breaks, and then I just kind go, "Okay, fine, this is the way that I've chosen to live my life, and if the band now f….

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

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….

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

I would point to a song like 'I'm Not A Loser', which I tried to evolve as best I could over the years. But finally after years of trying to evolve i….

We like to be punks. We like to still be kind of edgy and if being edgy means you might teeter on that line of being inappropriate, I'm still willing….

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 friends….

I think my science career had an arc to it that peaked in, let's say 2003/2004. I was in hog heaven, working in a corporation, getting paid pretty go….

I want to be stereotyped. I want to be classified. I want to be a clone. I want to be masochistic. I want to be sadistic. I want a Suburban Home. I d….

There's something wrong with the system when you've got someone who can provide so much to a company and can be enthusiastic, but isn't management ma….

As long as bands are still out there slaving away in the garage and putting out their own records and just pushing the envelope for how songs should ….