I've actually thought very little about solo work up until just very recently. Most of it is because in my band, Incubus, it is very much a collaborative effort. I do what I do in the band, and everyone plays their respective parts, but in the end, we are sort of a democratic process.

I have always idolized eccentric people.

Surf is something I have been obsessed with since I was a child.

I think freedom of speech is important, but coupled with responsibility.

Never underestimate a dumb question.

I suggest we learn to love ourselves before it's made illegal.

Men have a lot less to write about, unless you're somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited to melody. Men have this barky thing - we're domesticated apes with a microphone.