In some ways, I am actually quite optimistic - I believe in the possibility of redemption and forgiveness.

- Jesse Michaels

Sometimes I would write while inspired and sometimes I would write through sheer force of will, and in revision the writing that I thought was "dead"…

- Jesse Michaels

I don't isolate too much or make the project my god. This helps a lot with negative ideation.

- Jesse Michaels

In a novel, the biggest symbiosis exists between plot and character. In a song, it would be the lyrics and the melody.

- Jesse Michaels

I always quit while I am still inspired, while I could still write more. Never let the thread run all the way out.

- Jesse Michaels

Punk can be a mental ghetto. People get into it and make all these rules and pretty soon they're worse than born again Christians and have stupid th…

- Jesse Michaels

Music is an indirect force for change

- Jesse Michaels

I hated Shallow Grave, that movie made me angry. And I hated Happiness. I generally hate movies that use extreme violence or gratuitous shock value i…

- Jesse Michaels

I'm not a vegetarian, and I like filet minion which is sort of a guilty pleasure because I have vegetarian leanings. I eat that once in a while, but …

- Jesse Michaels