I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.

I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.

I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be said for that way of thinking.

I can write songs, I've had songs in movies, but I can't compose film scores, you know?

I approach my music-making as an art-form--something pure from the spirit to which I can add dynamics and marketable reality. Music is genuine and healthy and the stimulation I get from molding it and adding dynamics is like nothing else on earth.

Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I'm finished with it.

The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.