I lay a lot of blame at the feet of Dusty Baker for not being more strict about fundamentals, which I think would give the team a stronger day-to-day identity.

I'll come in with a string of riffs and direct the musical ideas. But you still need a band and their input to make the ideas come alive. You can't underestimate band chemistry.

In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.

I've seen foreigners really shift on their view of America, and that's hard for me to take.

One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication.

Radiohead and Our Lady Peace are doing the seven layers of guitar, and I kind of jumped on that before anyone else did.

People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular.