The most important thing is that you honor that musical integrity, whether you make music that sounds like ABBA or you make music that sounds like Void.

At school where you a dunce or a teacher's pet? All of the above. I was stupid so they thought I was cute.

A place like Sound City, which was just a big, beautiful room where you would hit record and capture the sound of the performer - a place like that isn't necessarily in demand anymore.

Nickelback walks into a bar...there's no punchline because ruining music isn't funny.

The best time for gum is just before getting onstage. I need a minty-fresh microphone.

The fact that I'm virtually deaf. Any woman who's going to date a rock musician has to be prepared to repeat herself every 10 seconds. My wife asks me where we should go for dinner and it sounds like the schoolteacher from Charlie Brown.

I'm not into albums that are meant to sound perfect.