I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful.

I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.

Profanity is merely an expression of one's emotions

It's not hard to feel afraid and insecure. I still fight an inner-critic voice, definitely. I hear it a lot.

What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept? What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?

Writing the record for me - every record is almost a surprise. When people ask me, what are the themes you want to grapple with on this one? I have no idea until the record's finished.