If you're a teacher, for instance, there are ways to have positive representation of gay people in the classroom. Making sure that, historically, people are noted and archived, and that kids are getting just positive images of people who are gay.

I'm not really thinking about what I'm talking about or what I'm willing to achieve. I'm just kind of letting it come out, recording it.

I have a lyric journal that I write in a lot. When I’m going to play, I just sit down and have my books with me and my notes and tapes and whatever I need to refer to. I just play and try different things. It’s a kind of discipline.

My personal feeling is that people need to be careful not to start over-analyzing and taking things apart and trying to be critical.

It's important to have a voice; it's more important to use it.

I think art is definitely a great thing, and looked at as a way to open people up.

I don't typically work that late into the night in a studio, I'm more productive during the day.