I think the original, 'They're the next Jane's Addiction' things that people said about us in the beginning have been pretty much wiped out.

My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let's all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I'm not that kind of guy. It's an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it's not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.

The title of a song is like the wrapping on a present.

A missive to all you metal bands, the world is totally over the rock thing. Rock is deader than it's ever been.

Why is it that all non-conformists look the same?

I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to be and who I really was.

I don't think people are fans of me because I wrote hit songs. I think they're fans because I'm a lunatic or a weirdo. The hit songs came out of my idiosyncratic personality, not the other way around.