If me and Mike Dirnt are in the same room, it's not quite right if he's not on stage with me.

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.

The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.

I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.

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

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

I think the working-class part of me comes out. Sometimes the people who have the loudest mouths are upper-class, upper-middle-class. The quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.