My point is, I don't see the need to eat animals. I love animals; besides the horrible stuff that's put in meat, I actually love cuddling with animals and petting them and stuff.

I don't know that I can say what exactly love means to me because it would be hard to put that into perspective.

More than anything, I’m excited to have the artistic freedom and opportunity to make a sophomore record. Everybody dreads the sophomore slump, whereas I am embracing it and can’t wait to either go down in flames, or take it to another level. It’s not going to be in the middle – it’ll be one way or the other. That’s how it has to be.

I've always found it pretty difficult to write a happy song.

I've had the same core group of friends that I've always had. We're surfing, so that definitely keeps you grounded.

You don't put out music unless you have a sense that people will maybe like what you're doing or you're standing for something artistically.

If you're waiting around for something to be handed to you or win the lottery, chances are nothing is ever going to go down, you know, so you got to make it happen on your own.