Donald Trump is going to make punk rock great again.

When you're afraid of someone's judgment, you can't connect with them. You're too preoccupied with the task of impressing them.

All of my music, my stage show, my personality, my blog, my twitter feed, anything that's made me me, and a huge part of why people like and respect me, is that I just don't spend much energy on that other stuff. It's not worth it. It's a losing battle too. You're just screwed the minute you engage.

I've always felt like an outsider across the board, since day one. The challenge has been to simply not pay attention to my outsider or insider status and just do the work and play the shows and connect with the people. And not even bother to play this game of keeping score, which is what destroys you.

I had very literal parents and I wanted to survive with metaphor and art, and there was a real sense of shame around it.

You are an artist when you make someone feel something deep and unexpected.

I do what I want. I try to be nice to everybody. When I fail, I try to apologize.