Take joy in who you are, we know our wings are flawed.

Live your life, listen to your music way to loud, be crazy and as different as you want to be and always remember your not alone

I noticed the different kids were always put down by other people and it would cause them to become almost violent with themselves. It's not really necessary; there's a way to find strength in yourself, and for me it was writing. That was sort of my release and my escape, so the term 'Knives and Pens' to me was like a choice. You can either create, or become violent, and maybe go down a dark road.

I see so many bands, that are trying really hard to write for a person that they've never met. I get the idea behind it and the idea of helping people, but I feel you help people more by exposing yourself.

I guess I just sorta figured out early on that most of what people feared was based on things they had heard or read, rather than what they had seen or touched. That being said I do fear that dark in the sort of spooky illustrative sense, that whole idea of "not knowing" whats there. I had really bad problems with the spooks when I was young, but not for fear of aliens.

It`s so simple just like that, 'cause it`s a shame that where you`re at isn`t always where you really wanna be.

When I was growing up in school, I wasn't the archetype of the classic American nerd; I was just different.