Ultimately, running a band is about the relationships you have with people.

To re-embrace what I once loved about music has been a warming process for me, because it's a good, earned feeling now.

That's the great thing about rock n' roll: the myth is ultimately more important than the reality. And that's what you learn - you just learn to go with the mythology.

I grew up in the suburbs and basically associate the suburbs with cultural death.

The great thing about rock n' roll is, if you want to fight - like, fight the system, fight the man, fight the government, fight the people in front of you - it's Don Quixote all over again. You're really chasing windmills.

Do I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do.

Shave your head, wear a 'ZERO' shirt. Take away your identity. What do you have? You still have yourself.