I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It's fragile. I don't have a lot of finesse when it comes to my guitar playing.

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.

Punk is dead to anyone who didn't get it in the first place

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 punk concert isn't fun without a pit.

You don't mow another man's lawn!

What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock 'n' roll movies, that feature a band is that they're lip-synching.