I think that obviously the quest for purpose, or meaning, or understanding to existence is something that I always think about, always deal with. I guess everybody does - that existential crisis of human condition. It's nothing new. But I'd love to come across something that really made me believe in something.

I think our music is more about seeing ourselves in each other and trying to find a more humanistic viewpoint for the world.

Popular music is all about traveling at the speed of you and elevating the individual as the highest thing in the world.

When I run into a person or a kid that comes up and gives me the spiel about, 'Hey, I got your record at this time in my life, and it really helped me,' that stuff totally still rings true. If you're standing there talking to someone, it's really easy to tell if they're being authentic or not. And that's great.

I mean, you just go down the line, and with any of these issues, it's about rich people staying rich. And using poverty as a weapon against people. That's what we see every day. And I'm not an economist, so I can't speak to the nuances of it, but just common sense tells me the whole thing is corrupt.

Desaparecidos try to be the opposite of apathetic. There are so many young people in America that are apathetic.

Love's an excuse to get hurt and to hurt. Do you like to hurt? I do, I do then hurt me.