Reverse petting zoo. You pet the animals, and they pet you back.

Pages of revelation lie open in your empty eyes of blue

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.

Our shows have always been sort of an all-generations thing, people from 6 to 60. The other night, we played a show and we had a woman who was probably 70 to 75 years old, and she was there alone and she was singing every song. On the other end of the spectrum, there was a 7-year-old on his dad's shoulders and the dad is singing along.

Believe none of what you hear...and even less of what you see...this is what we`ll be.

I need to have something to source my energy to and something to remove me from my own weird brain.

Never give in, never back down.