Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.

The first music I ever got into was the '80s alternative bands that my brother listened to, like The Cure and The Smiths and R.E.M. and Fugazi. I can remember specifically saying The Cure was my favorite band back in second grade.

We [Desaparecidos] have to make the message and the music and the packaging as appealing as possible - as Taco Bell as possible: mediocre and no one can be offended by it and everyone can sort of enjoy it and we can play it on the radio.

It's not a movie, no private screening This method acting, well, I call that living

I started to sink like the moon tends to do if you stare at it too long Then you blink and it's gone.

I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life.

Everything must belong somewhere. I know that now, that's why I'm staying here.