One thing I can't do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.

This never gets old, and when it does, I'll go do a movie. I like the fact that I can get into other projects because everything feels fresh when I come back to music.

The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called a small town: It's because not many people want to live there.

I'm a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else

One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.

The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He's having a mid-life moment, and it's a small moment, really. I think that the character actually really loves where he's at, in his life. He's just trying to have it make a little bit more sense while he figures out what he actually wants to do with it.

Attack your instruments. Don't let them attack you.