Just seeing the things on TV and the things in front of you, the amount of information coming in, and the lack of information not coming in, how could you not help but write songs about it.

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

People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.

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

When someone is in a car accident and they're driving at 100 mph, drunk, who's tape do you think his listening to at that time? Think about it.

The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing is punk rock.

Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.