Most people are living lives of sort of survival. And constantly posing an existential crisis, either through fantasy or oblivion, really has been pretty much explored in rock and roll. At least in the western version of rock n' roll.

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.

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

We're the worst band in America... That makes us the best.

People always seemed to pay attention to us. I have no idea why -- there was just a presence between the four people or something.

When you present people with things from the heart and from the soul, they make better choices: They make better choices about their bodies, they make better choices about their partners, they make better choices about the environment.

We don't make music for people to take drugs to, we make music for people to live their life.