I just find that with music I've always felt a sort of comfort."Paranoid Android" was the saddest song I'd ever heard in my life, but it felt so good - it was like, "Oh, you understand where I'm coming from." I was at a weird age at the time, in a hardcore band that had no melody, no chance of finding any success, and I was just trying to figure out what the hell I was going to do with my life. And that came out and changed my life forever - on an artistic level, and a lyrical level, for sure.

I'm my own worst critic and harshest critic and I just want to put honest music out there.

Never let your fear decide your fate.

Some people are more affected by, I hate to use the word "success," but I don't know what else to say, but some people are more affected by that than others.

Look, one of the things that I know for sure is that none of us truly knows. That's it. It'll hit you later.

Growing up from Nirvana to all the bands I was listening to at the teenage time, those were my best friends, more than my real friends. Those were the people that sang me to sleep or gave me the confidence I needed to go to first period. When we're all so insecure with weird stuff, when we're having weird feelings toward girls or guys, or whatever. It's the insecurity of life that we all go through. So music helped me.

My drummer is my favorite drummer in the world, and he also happens to be the funniest person you'll meet.