There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a lifestyle. It's not about popularity and all that crap.

If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.

It's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done.

They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.

I'm not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac's working!

I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.

When you start getting into your politics it's like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive. Because if it's always like straight aggression all the time, there becomes no empathy for the stance that you're taking. You're not telling people to think, you're telling them what to think. And also you have to be honest with yourself on that, too.