I threw a big-ass party. It turned out a bit different from Perry's [in That's Ordinary World], but it was pretty nuts. It wasn't me that threw it though, my wife threw me a surprise party. So [unlike Selma Blair's character] she didn't forget.

I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.

The darkness is coming now god dammit!

I just wanted to get the hell out of my town. I wanted to leave with reckless abandon. I didn't care where I ended up, as long as I saw as much as humanly possible.

People think we really look good. I think that's the biggest misconception people have.

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.

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