You think about people like Elvis, Kurt Cobain, or the Beatles, who grew up without privilege and needed a certain validation through peoples' acceptance, or admiration from their peers. And money is part of that, but it always comes too late.

I don't leave my room, and all I am surrounded by are guitars and equipment, y'know? It's not always the best place to be.

I always write the first and last song of an album first, and then the middle just kind of happens.

I don't know if I have any real aspirations to be an actor. It was just something I was asked to do in sort of a friend way. And I thought, Why not?

I collaborate a little bit with different aspects of my own mind. I kick my own ass instead of kicking other people's asses.

I'm tired of watching attractive people trying to be ugly, struggling for authenticity. Why not be yourself?

I'm interested in acting as much as I'm interested in gardening. I want to garden, eventually. I want to learn how to do a lot of things. I've always wanted to learn how to paint, too. I'd like to try everything, but music is my reason for living.