Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life.

With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time...like me!

A man once asked me, what's punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that's punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That's just trendy.

If someone falls down, pick them back up. Just because there's not a frickin camera in your face doesn't mean you don't have to look out for each other.

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.

Dont test me, Second guess me, Protest me, You will DISAPEAR! (East Jesus of Nowhere)

I definitely related a lot to Perry [from That's Ordinary World movie]. I liked how he put family first. I identified with the exhaustion and klutziness that comes with being a parent, and how he's just a rock-and-roller at heart. For me, it was fun to kind of imagine whether or not this could've been the path I went on, or not.