We need to get back to a level of social responsibility that we haven't seen for a long time.

When alternative music - which is supposed to be the standard-bearer of where white rock is headed - becomes either too cute or too manufactured, that's just really not good.

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.

These days you're not just competing with the tedium, you're competing with the cellphone.

We've turned into a whining society.

The closer I get back to being who I really am, the stronger the music gets.

I think the days of working with producers in the conventional sense are over for me.