I try to be the fixer of situations and I gravitate to people who are institutional misfits..

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life..

I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them..

Am I a rock star? Yeah, I guess..

Sex is funny and love is serious..

When people come together around music, there's something ancient going on. It has to come from a genuine place and that's part of the challenge. You….

I like people who have a pulse and aren't afraid to show it..

I see rock music as the best example of modernday storytelling that exists in our society. Songs are narratives that help the listeners cope with the….

I like surfing; I bring a surfboard with me on tour..

I like that gathering moment where the music is about to begin, that moment right there. It's like jumping out of an airplane. It's that moment when ….

I respect Chris Carrabba as a songwriter and I also respect his past. He's got this fierce, straight edge, kind of hardcore core. There's so many son….

I've always identified with the misfits.

You make kingdoms and castles on your own..

It was a hard time for me to have a pure moment, to be present, to be here..

I have this really beautiful Martin guitar, and it just kind of writes songs for me..

When you're just shagging girls, you can talk about it, but once it gets real, then you don't..

My music is so often like a lullaby I write to myself to make sense of things I can't tie together, or things I've lost, or things I'll never have..

Music is the only thing in this world, with the exception of sneezing and looking at the sunset, that takes you to a place that's above the mundane. ….

I would say, if you're a musician then you probably have some capacity and some intuition. You've got to trust that intuition and be true to what com….

My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes..

There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state.